The quarterly public meeting of the Board of Pharmacy will be held on February 6, at the Barbara Jordan State Office Building, Room 2.013. The agenda and meeting materials are posted. Live live-stream information is available on the board’s website. Anyone wishing to address the Board regarding an agenda item during the public meeting must submit a Public Comment Request form by 5:00 pm on February 2. Oral comments will be limited to the agenda items.
Also in Texas, Jill Dutton (R) won the January 30 special runoff election, by 107 votes out of more than 13,500 cast, to replace expelled Rep. Bryan Slaton (R) for House District 2. The victory is short-lived as she will face off against the same GOP candidate Brent Money in the March 5 Republican primary election.
Also in Texas, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) drafted a policy to apply a uniform 90-day supply of maintenance medications in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The HHSC received pushback from stakeholders expressing difficulty obtaining a 90-day supply of medication. You can submit comments by February 15 to the HHSC Vendor Drug Program (VDP) using the Draft Policy Comment Submission form.
Also in Texas, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are required to notify the Board of a change of employment within ten days. This information can be found in Board rule §291.3 for pharmacists and Board rule §297.9 for pharmacy technicians.
Finally in Texas, HHSC’s VDP (Vendor Drug Program) posted a pharmacy education and opportunities page on its website so that pharmacies know what pharmacy items Medicaid pays for, which products require prior authorization and who to contact with questions about claim processing.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.