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1	1	S.B. No. 1757
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental
6	6	Quality of methods for disposing of unused pharmaceuticals so that
7	7	they do not enter a wastewater system.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "commission" means the
10	10	Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
11	11	(b) The commission shall study and make recommendations
12	12	regarding the methods to be used by consumers, health care
13	13	providers, and others for disposing of unused pharmaceuticals so
14	14	that they do not enter a wastewater system. In conducting the
15	15	study, the commission shall consider:
16	16	(1) the methods currently used in this state by
17	17	consumers, health care providers, and others for that purpose;
18	18	(2) alternative methods used for that purpose,
19	19	including the methods used in other states; and
20	20	(3) the effects on public health and the environment
21	21	of the various methods used for that purpose.
22	22	(c) In conducting the study, the commission may solicit
23	23	input from:
24	24	(1) the Health and Human Services Commission;
25	25	(2) the Department of Public Safety of the State of
26	26	Texas;
27	27	(3) pharmaceutical manufacturers;
28	28	(4) pharmacies;
29	29	(5) health care providers, including home health care
30	30	providers;
31	31	(6) hospitals;
32	32	(7) clinics;
33	33	(8) long-term care facilities;
34	34	(9) entities that engage in medical waste processing
35	35	and handling;
36	36	(10) solid waste management service providers;
37	37	(11) local governments;
38	38	(12) ranchers and farmers;
39	39	(13) end users of medication;
40	40	(14) water utilities and other water suppliers;
41	41	(15) the United States Postal Service;
42	42	(16) the United States Environmental Protection
43	43	Agency; and
44	44	(17) any other entity the commission considers
45	45	necessary.
46	46	(d) Not later than December 1, 2010, the commission shall
47	47	submit a report of the results of the study to the legislature. The
48	48	report must include:
49	49	(1) the commission's recommendations regarding the
50	50	methods to be used by consumers, health care providers, and others
51	51	for disposing of unused pharmaceuticals so that they do not enter a
52	52	wastewater system; and
53	53	(2) an analysis of the feasibility of implementing the
54	54	recommended disposal methods on a statewide basis.
55	55	(e) This Act expires January 1, 2011.
56	56	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
57	57	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
58	58	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
59	59	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
60	60	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
61	61	______________________________ ______________________________
62	62	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
63	63	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1757 passed the Senate on
64	64	April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0;
65	65	May 29, 2009, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and
66	66	requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 30, 2009, House
67	67	granted request of the Senate; May 31, 2009, Senate adopted
68	68	Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31,
69	69	Nays 0.
70	70	______________________________
71	71	Secretary of the Senate
72	72	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1757 passed the House, with
73	73	amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
74	74	Nays 1, one present not voting; May 30, 2009, House granted request
75	75	of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
76	76	May 31, 2009, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
77	77	following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, two present not voting.
78	78	______________________________
79	79	Chief Clerk of the House
80	80	Approved:
81	81	______________________________
82	82	Date
83	83	______________________________
84	84	Governor