LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 30, 2009 TO:Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1924 by Heflin (Relating to the performance of pharmacy services in certain rural areas.), Conference Committee Report No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would authorize a nurse, pharmacy technician, or practitioner working in a rural hospital to withdraw a drug or device order prescribed by a practitioner when the hospital's pharmacist is not on duty or when the institutional pharmacy is closed. The bill would authorize the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to establish the record requirements to be made at the time the nurse, pharmacy technician or practitioner withdraws a drug or device, to adopt rules specifying the duties that may be verified by another pharmacy technician, and to adopt training requirements for pharmacy technicians regarding these provisions. The bill would not restrict or prohibit the Texas State Board of Pharmacy from adopting a rule governing the withdrawal of a drug or device by a nurse or practitioner from an institutional pharmacy not located in a rural hospital. Based on the analysis of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within current resources. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:515 Board of Pharmacy, 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: JOB, SD, ES, CL
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 30, 2009
TO:Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1924 by Heflin (Relating to the performance of pharmacy services in certain rural areas.), Conference Committee Report
TO: Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1924 by Heflin (Relating to the performance of pharmacy services in certain rural areas.), Conference Committee Report
Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1924 by Heflin (Relating to the performance of pharmacy services in certain rural areas.), Conference Committee Report
HB1924 by Heflin (Relating to the performance of pharmacy services in certain rural areas.), Conference Committee Report
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would authorize a nurse, pharmacy technician, or practitioner working in a rural hospital to withdraw a drug or device order prescribed by a practitioner when the hospital's pharmacist is not on duty or when the institutional pharmacy is closed. The bill would authorize the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to establish the record requirements to be made at the time the nurse, pharmacy technician or practitioner withdraws a drug or device, to adopt rules specifying the duties that may be verified by another pharmacy technician, and to adopt training requirements for pharmacy technicians regarding these provisions. The bill would not restrict or prohibit the Texas State Board of Pharmacy from adopting a rule governing the withdrawal of a drug or device by a nurse or practitioner from an institutional pharmacy not located in a rural hospital. Based on the analysis of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within current resources.
The bill would authorize a nurse, pharmacy technician, or practitioner working in a rural hospital to withdraw a drug or device order prescribed by a practitioner when the hospital's pharmacist is not on duty or when the institutional pharmacy is closed. The bill would authorize the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to establish the record requirements to be made at the time the nurse, pharmacy technician or practitioner withdraws a drug or device, to adopt rules specifying the duties that may be verified by another pharmacy technician, and to adopt training requirements for pharmacy technicians regarding these provisions. The bill would not restrict or prohibit the Texas State Board of Pharmacy from adopting a rule governing the withdrawal of a drug or device by a nurse or practitioner from an institutional pharmacy not located in a rural hospital.
Based on the analysis of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within current resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 515 Board of Pharmacy, 405 Department of Public Safety
515 Board of Pharmacy, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JOB, SD, ES, CL
JOB, SD, ES, CL