Section 522.0002 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Acceptance Of Certain Gifts And Grants By Health And Human Services Agency(a) Subject to the executive commissioner's written approval, 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 other entity engaged in a pharmaceutical-related business.(b) 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:(1) is consistent with federal laws and regulations; and(2) does not adversely affect federal financial participation in any state program, including Medicaid.(d) This section does not affect the commission's or a health and human services agency's authority under other law to accept a gift or grant from a person other than a pharmaceutical manufacturer, distributor, provider, or other entity engaged in a pharmaceutical-related business. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.0381.) Tex. Gov't. Code § 522.0002
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.