| 1 | 1 | | 86R11009 JSC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ramos H.B. No. 1710 |
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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 discussing with a patient the risks of certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | controlled substance prescriptions. |
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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. Section 481.0764, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (f) A prescriber, other than a veterinarian, on issuance of |
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| 13 | 13 | | the initial prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance or |
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| 14 | 14 | | an opioid, shall discuss with the patient and, if the patient is a |
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| 15 | 15 | | minor, the patient's parent, conservator, or guardian, or other |
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| 16 | 16 | | person authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the risk of addiction associated with the drug |
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| 18 | 18 | | prescribed, including any risk of developing a physical or |
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| 19 | 19 | | psychological dependence on the drug; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the risk of overdose associated with the drug |
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| 21 | 21 | | prescribed; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) the danger of taking the drug with |
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| 23 | 23 | | benzodiazepines, alcohol, or other central nervous system |
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| 24 | 24 | | depressants. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (g) A prescriber who discusses the risks of a controlled |
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| 26 | 26 | | substance prescription under Subsection (f) shall note the |
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| 27 | 27 | | discussion in the patient's medical record. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 29 | 29 | | to a prescription issued on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 30 | 30 | | A prescription issued before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 31 | 31 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the prescription is |
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| 32 | 32 | | issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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