Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 306 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM
Subchapter G - USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION PSYCHIATRIC DRUG FORMULARY
Section 306.359 - Prescribing Non-formulary Drugs

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Non-formulary drugs may be prescribed:

(1) if no formulary drug exists that is as safe or effective in the specified situation;

(2) if a limited trial of the drug is safer or more effective than any drug listed in the formulary, based on available medical evidence and the prescribing practitioner's clinical judgment;

(3) if the course of therapy established prior to the individual's admission to the facility where he or she is being treated would be interrupted; or

(4) in an emergency.

(b) Each local authority shall develop and enforce written policies and procedures for monitoring and approving the prescribing of non-formulary drugs by its practitioners and contract practitioners.

(c) HHSC shall develop and enforce written policies and procedures for monitoring and approving the prescribing of non-formulary drugs by HHSC facility practitioners and facility contract practitioners.

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