85R10009 KKR-F     By: Oliveira H.B. No. 2830       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the closed formulary for workers' compensation   pharmaceutical benefits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 408.028(b), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The commissioner by rule shall require the use of   generic pharmaceutical medications and clinically appropriate   over-the-counter alternatives to prescription medications unless   otherwise specified by the prescribing doctor, in accordance with   applicable state law.  The commissioner by rule shall adopt a   closed formulary under Section 413.011.  Rules adopted by the   commissioner:                (1)  shall allow an appeals process for claims in which   a treating doctor determines and documents that a drug not included   in the formulary is necessary to treat an injured employee's   compensable injury; and                (2)  may exclude compounded pharmaceutical medications   from the closed formulary.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.