Tex. Ins. Code Section 1560.004
Prescription Drug Reimbursement Rates

(a)

An issuer of a health benefit plan that provides pharmacy benefits to enrollees shall reimburse pharmacies participating in the health plan using prescription drug reimbursement rates, for both brand name and generic prescription drugs, that are based on a current and nationally recognized benchmark index that includes average wholesale price and maximum allowable cost.

(b)

Regardless of whether a pharmacy is a mail order pharmacy or a community retail pharmacy, an issuer of a health benefit plan shall use the same benchmark index, including the same average wholesale price, maximum allowable cost, and national prescription drug codes, to reimburse all pharmacies participating in the health benefit plan.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1207 (S.B. 704), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: Section 1560.004 — Prescription Drug Reimbursement Rates, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­1560.­htm#1560.­004 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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