Texas House Passes Bill to Import Prescription Drugs From Canada

Could bring big savings for consumers on commonly-used medications

Canadian (L) and American (R) flags sit in the foreground as Canadian pharmacist Amanda Hutchinson (L back) hands fellow pharmacist Florence Ticne (R back) the prescription drugs for a group of Minnesota Senior Citizens from the United States 22 October, 2003 who have traveled nine hours by bus across the US-Canadian border to Winnipeg, Canada to buy cheaper drugs. The Minnesota Senior Federation has set up monthly bus trip to Canada to buy cheaper drugs, with some people saving over 60 percent of the cost of their prescriptions from what they would pay for the same drugs in the United States. AFP PHOTO/Jeff HAYNES (Photo by JEFF HAYNES / AFP) Photo by JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images

The Texas House passed a bipartisan proposal that could save Texans as much as 70 percent on the cost of some commonly used prescription medications.

House Bill 25, authored by state Rep. James Talarico (D), would create a program to import certain drugs from Canada.