Request a contract
Anyone can ask for these records
Texas Government Code chapter 552, the Public Information Act, makes government contracts public. You do not have to say why you want them, and you do not have to be a journalist or a resident. Pick a body below and we will write the letter.
The clock
A body must produce the records promptly. If it needs more than ten business days it has to tell you in writing with a date, and if it wants to withhold anything it has ten business days to ask the Attorney General for a ruling. We track that clock for every request generated here and show the due date on the entity page.
How the generator works
Two ways to send it
Either path produces the same letter. The letter names the executed agreement, the pricing exhibits, any third party administrator agreement, and the most recent reconciliation report, so it is specific enough to be hard to refuse.
Copy and send it yourself
No account needed. Fill in your name and mailing address in the browser, copy the letter, and email it to the body's public information address or paste it into their portal. We record only that a request went out and when it is due, never your details.
Have us send it
Sign in and we email the letter from our records alias with you in copy and as reply to, so the body's answer lands in your inbox as well as ours. You can update the status as replies arrive, and we log the follow up and Attorney General complaint dates for you.
We are not lawyers and this is not legal advice. The letter is a plain request under chapter 552 that you send in your own name.
First wave
Start with these bodies
These are the plans that cover the most Texans, so their contracts move the most money. Some bodies take requests only through a portal or by mail, which the letter page will tell you before you send.
University system
The Texas A&M University System
PBM vendor: Express Scripts
Contract published, a newer term may still be worth asking for
No request open with this body.
State plan
Employees Retirement System of Texas
PBM vendor: Express Scripts
Contract published, a newer term may still be worth asking for
No request open with this body.
State plan
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
PBM vendor: Express Scripts
Contract published, a newer term may still be worth asking for
No request open with this body.
University system
The University of Texas System
PBM vendor: Express Scripts
Contract published, a newer term may still be worth asking for
No request open with this body.
School district
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
PBM vendor: Express Scripts, via TRS-ActiveCare
Covered by a parent plan, ask the parent plan too
No request open with this body.
City
City of Carrollton
PBM vendor: Not yet known
Not yet requested
No request open with this body.
School district
Dallas Independent School District
PBM vendor: Express Scripts, via TRS-ActiveCare
Covered by a parent plan, ask the parent plan too
No request open with this body.
City
City of Dallas
PBM vendor: CVS Caremark (2018 council briefing; may be out of date)
Contract published, a newer term may still be worth asking for
No request open with this body.
County
Dallas County
PBM vendor: Prime Therapeutics
Not yet requested
No request open with this body.
School district
Plano Independent School District
PBM vendor: Express Scripts, via TRS-ActiveCare
Covered by a parent plan, ask the parent plan too
No request open with this body.
School district
Fort Worth Independent School District
PBM vendor: Express Scripts, via TRS-ActiveCare
Covered by a parent plan, ask the parent plan too
No request open with this body.
County
Tarrant County
PBM vendor: Not yet known
Not yet requested
No request open with this body.
School district
Houston Independent School District
PBM vendor: Not yet known
Not yet requested
No request open with this body.
County
Harris County
PBM vendor: Not yet known
Contract published, a newer term may still be worth asking for
No request open with this body.
School district
Austin Independent School District
PBM vendor: Not yet known
Not yet requested
No request open with this body.
City
City of Austin
PBM vendor: Not yet known
Not yet requested
No request open with this body.
County
Bexar County
PBM vendor: Not yet known
Not yet requested
No request open with this body.
City
City of San Antonio
PBM vendor: Not yet known
Contract published, a newer term may still be worth asking for
No request open with this body.
Everything else we track
Other bodies in the library
After you send it
Send us the production when it arrives and we will publish the document, score it against the rubric, and credit the request in the timeline without naming you. If the body misses its deadline or withholds the pricing exhibits, the follow up letter and the Attorney General complaint are generated the same way.
The model contract we score against is the open source PBM contract published by Mark Cuban and collaborators, version 3.5. BetterBuy Rx did not write it and is not affiliated with its authors. Read the original on LinkedIn.