{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-562.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 562.002","heading":"LEGISLATIVE INTENT.","body":"It is the intent of the legislature to save consumers money by allowing the substitution of lower-priced generically equivalent drug products for certain brand name drug products and the substitution of interchangeable biological products for certain biological products and for pharmacies and pharmacists to pass on the net benefit of the lower costs of the generically equivalent drug product or interchangeable biological product to the purchaser.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1007 (H.B. 751), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE J. PHARMACY AND PHARMACISTS","CHAPTER 562. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER","SUBCHAPTER A. PRESCRIPTION AND SUBSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.562.htm#562.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"e83351b0e5367f36484d5ba9f7027477c2c5024e39c6307ba8e584208d5713f2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-562.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-562.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}