| 1 | 1 | | By: Uresti S.B. No. 316 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (S. Davis of Harris) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to continuing education for pharmacists regarding drug |
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| 8 | 8 | | abuse and opioid drugs and an interim study regarding opioid abuse. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 559, Occupations Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 559.0525 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 559.0525. CONTINUING EDUCATION RELATING TO OPIOID |
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| 13 | 13 | | DRUGS. (a) The board shall develop a continuing education program |
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| 14 | 14 | | regarding opioid drug abuse and the delivery, dispensing, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | provision of tamper-resistant opioid drugs after considering input |
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| 16 | 16 | | from interested persons. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The board by rule may require a license holder to |
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| 18 | 18 | | satisfy a number of the continuing education hours required by |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 559.053 through attendance of a program developed under |
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| 20 | 20 | | this section. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. (a) The standing committee of the senate that |
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| 22 | 22 | | has primary jurisdiction over health and human services shall |
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| 23 | 23 | | conduct an interim study regarding opioid abuse and the provision |
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| 24 | 24 | | of tamper-resistant opioids. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) The committee may establish appropriate criteria for |
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| 26 | 26 | | the study to accomplish the study's purpose. The study must include |
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| 27 | 27 | | an examination of: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) matters relating to prescription opioid abuse; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) the use and effectiveness of tamper-resistant |
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| 30 | 30 | | opioids. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) Not later than December 1, 2014, the committee shall |
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| 32 | 32 | | submit a report of the committee's findings and recommendations to |
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| 33 | 33 | | the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of |
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| 34 | 34 | | representatives for consideration by the 84th Legislature. The |
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| 35 | 35 | | committee shall include in its report the results of the study |
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| 36 | 36 | | conducted under this section and the committee's recommendations |
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| 37 | 37 | | for specific statutory changes, if any. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 40 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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