| 1 | 1 | | 86R5742 JSC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Parker H.B. No. 1449 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 the creation of a grant program to assist law |
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| 8 | 8 | | enforcement agencies with the purchase of opioid antagonists. |
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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 A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 772.0078 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 772.0078. OPIOID ANTAGONIST GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In |
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| 13 | 13 | | this section: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Criminal justice division" means the criminal |
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| 15 | 15 | | justice division established under Section 772.006. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) "Opioid antagonist" and "opioid-related drug |
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| 17 | 17 | | overdose" have the meanings assigned by Section 483.101, Health and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Safety Code. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The criminal justice division shall establish and |
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| 20 | 20 | | administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to a law |
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| 21 | 21 | | enforcement agency in this state that seeks to provide opioid |
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| 22 | 22 | | antagonists to peace officers, evidence technicians, and related |
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| 23 | 23 | | personnel who, in the course of performing their duties, are likely |
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| 24 | 24 | | to come into contact with opioids or encounter persons suffering |
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| 25 | 25 | | from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) A law enforcement agency may apply for a grant under |
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| 27 | 27 | | this section only if the agency first adopts a policy addressing the |
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| 28 | 28 | | usage of an opioid antagonist for a person suffering from an |
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| 29 | 29 | | apparent opioid-related drug overdose. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) In an application for a grant under this section, the |
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| 31 | 31 | | law enforcement agency shall provide information to the criminal |
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| 32 | 32 | | justice division about the frequency and nature of: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) interactions between peace officers and persons |
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| 34 | 34 | | suffering from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) calls for assistance based on an apparent |
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| 36 | 36 | | opioid-related drug overdose; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) any exposure of peace officers, evidence |
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| 38 | 38 | | technicians, or related personnel to opioids or suspected opioids |
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| 39 | 39 | | in the course of performing their duties and any reactions by those |
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| 40 | 40 | | persons to those substances. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (e) A law enforcement agency receiving a grant under this |
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| 42 | 42 | | section shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the grant, |
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| 43 | 43 | | provide to the criminal justice division proof of purchase of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | opioid antagonists. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (f) The criminal justice division may use any money |
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| 46 | 46 | | available for purposes of this section. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 48 | 48 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 49 | 49 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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