By: Watson	S.B. No. 1346
	(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2017; March 14, 2017, read
	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	April 3, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; April 3, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to disclosure of state agency contract information
	regarding administrator services for group health benefit plans.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter H, Chapter 2158,
	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER H.  PURCHASE OF PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER SERVICES OR OF
	ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES FOR GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN
	SECTION 2.  Section 2158.401(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  This subchapter applies in relation to a state agency
	contract or proposed contract for pharmacy benefit manager services
	or for services as an administrator for a group health benefit plan
	without regard to whether the contract or proposed contract is
	otherwise subject to this subtitle.
	SECTION 3.  Section 2158.402, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) and
	(d) to read as follows:
	(a)  A state agency on request of another state agency shall
	disclose information relating to the amounts charged by:
	(1)  a pharmacy benefit manager for pharmacy benefit
	manager services provided under a prescription drug program and
	other requested pricing information related to a contract for
	pharmacy benefit manager services; or
	(2)  an administrator of a health benefit plan for
	services provided for a group health benefit plan and other
	requested pricing information related to a contract for
	administrator services for a group health benefit plan.
	(a-1)  A state agency shall provide information requested
	under this section not later than the 30th day after the date the
	information is requested.
	(b)  Subsection (a) does not require a state agency to
	disclose information the agency is specifically prohibited from
	disclosing under a contract with:
	(1)  a pharmacy benefit manager executed before
	September 1, 2009; or
	(2)  an administrator for a health benefit plan
	executed before September 1, 2017.
	(d)  A contract entered, amended, or extended on or after
	September 1, 2017, may not contain a provision that prohibits a
	state agency from disclosing under this subchapter information on
	the amounts charged by an administrator for a health benefit plan
	for services provided for a group health benefit plan or from
	disclosing under this subchapter other pricing information related
	to the contract.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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