Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 549.0252. Prior Authorization and Certain Protocol Requirements Prohibited for Certain Antiretroviral Drugs

(a) In this section, “antiretroviral drug” means a drug that treats human immunodeficiency virus infection or prevents acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The term includes:

(b) The executive commissioner, in the rules and standards governing the Medicaid vendor drug program, may not require a clinical, nonpreferred, or other prior authorization for an antiretroviral drug, or a step therapy or other protocol, that could restrict or delay the dispensing of the drug except to minimize fraud, waste, or abuse. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.073(j).)