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March 9, 2004
 Health and Human
Services Commission Texas Medicaid
Preferred Drug List and
Prior Authorization Criteria
Texas
Medicaid's preferred drug list took effect on March 29, 2004. The
preferred drug list was created during the state's 2003
legislative session by a panel of physicians and pharmacists on
the basis of cost, efficacy and safety. The list is part of a bill
designed to counter rising prescription drug costs in the face of
a state budget crisis. The bill requires doctors who treat
Medicaid patients to prescribe medications from the preferred list
before trying other drugs
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