He issued an order to require it. It was bizarre. The state legislature overruled him.
Yes, he'd had contributions from Big Pharma leading up to this.
Perry’s friend and former chief of staff Mike Toomey spun through the revolving door to become a lobbyist for Merck in Texas, a position he held at the time of the HPV-related executive order.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/15/opinion/krumholz-beckel-perry-pharmaceutical/