Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 562.011 - Restriction on Selection of and Charging for Generically Equivalent Drug or Interchangeable Biological Product(a) A pharmacist may not select a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product unless the generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product selected costs the patient less than the prescribed drug or biological product.(b) A pharmacist may not charge for dispensing a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product a professional fee higher than the fee the pharmacist customarily charges for dispensing the brand name drug or biological product prescribed.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1007,Sec. 11, eff. 9/1/2015. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.