Sec. 531.0381. CERTAIN GIFTS AND GRANTS TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES. (a) Subject to this section, a health and human services agency may accept a gift or grant of money, drugs, equipment, or any other item of value from a pharmaceutical manufacturer, distributor, provider, or another entity engaged in a pharmaceutical-related business.
(b) Acceptance of a gift or grant under this section is subject to the written approval of the executive commissioner. Chapter 575 does not apply to a gift or grant under this section.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules and procedures to implement this section. The rules must ensure that acceptance of a gift or grant under this section is consistent with any applicable federal law or regulation and does not adversely affect federal financial participation in any state program, including Medicaid.
(d) This section does not affect the authority under other law of the commission or a health and human services agency to accept a gift or grant from a person other than a pharmaceutical manufacturer, distributor, provider, or another entity engaged in a pharmaceutical-related business.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.080, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.081, eff. April 2, 2015.
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