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Chapter 1007
H.B. No. 751
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the prescription and pharmaceutical substitution of
3 biological products; amending provisions subject to a criminal
4 penalty.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
6 SECTION 1. Section 562.001, Occupations Code, is amended by
7 amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b) to
8 read as follows:
9 (1) "Biological product" has the meaning assigned by
10 Section 351, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 262)
11 (1-a) "Generically equivalent" means a drug that is
12 pharmaceutically equivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the
13 drug prescribed.
14 (1-b) "Interchangeable," in reference to a biological
15 product, has the meaning assigned by Section 351, Public Health
16 Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 262), or means a biological product
17 that is designated as therapeutically equivalent to another product
18 by the United States Food and Drug Administration in the most recent
19 edition or supplement of the United States Food and Drug
20 Administration's Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic
21 Equivalence Evaluations, also known as the Orange Book.
22 SECTION 2. Section 562.002, Occupations Code, is amended to
23 read as follows:
24 Sec. 562.002. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the1
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 751, Chapter 1007, legislative document, June 19, 2015; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth705140/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.