Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB96 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R233 YDB-F
2	2	By: Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 96
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to compounded prescription drugs dispensed by a
8	8	pharmacist.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 562, Occupations Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 562.156 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 562.156. COMPOUNDED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. (a) By
13	13	checking a box labeled "compounded prescription drug authorized," a
14	14	practitioner on a written prescription drug order may authorize a
15	15	pharmacist to dispense to an identified individual patient a
16	16	compounded prescription drug that meets the requirements of 21
17	17	U.S.C. Section 353a and other applicable federal law.
18	18	(b) Before receipt of a practitioner's valid prescription
19	19	drug order and based on a history of a pharmacist receiving valid
20	20	prescription drug orders for a compounded prescription drug in an
21	21	established relationship between the pharmacist and an identified
22	22	individual patient or a practitioner, the pharmacist may dispense
23	23	to the patient in limited quantities a compounded prescription drug
24	24	that meets the requirements of 21 U.S.C. Section 353a and other
25	25	applicable federal law.
26	26	(c) The amount charged for a compounded prescription drug
27	27	substituted for a prescribed brand drug may not exceed the amount
28	28	charged for the prescribed brand drug.
29	29	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
30	30	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
31	31	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
32	32	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
33	33	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.