Texas § 1369.604 REIMBURSEMENT OF AFFILIATED AND NONAFFILIATED PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES.

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§ 1369.604 — REIMBURSEMENT OF AFFILIATED AND NONAFFILIATED PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES.

Texas § 1369.604

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Tex. Insurance Code Code Ann. § 1369.604 (2026).

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Sec. 1369.604. REIMBURSEMENT OF AFFILIATED AND NONAFFILIATED PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES.

(a)In this section:

(1)"Affiliated pharmacist or pharmacy" means a pharmacist or pharmacy that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a pharmacy benefit manager.

(2)"Nonaffiliated pharmacist or pharmacy" means a pharmacist or pharmacy that does not directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control and is not controlled by or under common control with a pharmacy benefit manager.

(b)A pharmacy benefit manager may not pay an affiliated pharmacist or pharmacy a reimbursement amount that is more than the amount the pharmacy benefit manager pays a nonaffiliated pharmacist or pharmacy for the same pharmac

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Sec. 1369.604. REIMBURSEMENT OF AFFILIATED AND NONAFFILIATED PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Affiliated pharmacist or pharmacy" means a pharmacist or pharmacy that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a pharmacy benefit manager.
(2) "Nonaffiliated pharmacist or pharmacy" means a pharmacist or pharmacy that does not directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control and is not controlled by or under common control with a pharmacy benefit manager.
(b) A pharmacy benefit manager may not pay an affiliated pharmacist or pharmacy a reimbursement amount that is more than the amount the pharmacy benefit manager pays a nonaffiliated pharmacist or pharmacy for the same pharmacist service.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 142 (H.B. 1763 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021. Redesignated from Insurance Code, Section 1369.554 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595 ), Sec. 24.001(27), eff. September 1, 2023.