| 1 | 1 | | 86R12759 JSC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1112 |
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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 study and prevention of opioid overdoses occurring |
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| 8 | 8 | | in this state. |
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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. Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Subchapter K to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SUBCHAPTER K. OPIOID OVERDOSES |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 1001.261. OPIOID OVERDOSE STUDY. (a) The department |
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| 14 | 14 | | shall use vital statistics information and any other relevant data |
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| 15 | 15 | | maintained by or available to the department to conduct an ongoing |
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| 16 | 16 | | study on opioid overdoses occurring in this state. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The department shall examine and investigate all |
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| 18 | 18 | | relevant aspects of opioid overdoses, including: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the specific opioids responsible for overdoses and |
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| 20 | 20 | | deaths; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) the populations most vulnerable to opioid misuse; |
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| 22 | 22 | | and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) the regions of the state most affected by adverse |
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| 24 | 24 | | impacts related to opioid misuse. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) The department shall regularly update and make |
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| 26 | 26 | | available on the department's Internet website the findings of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | study, except that the department may not publicly disclose the |
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| 28 | 28 | | identity of any patient, health care provider, or health care |
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| 29 | 29 | | facility. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 1001.262. PLAN. (a) Based on the investigation and |
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| 31 | 31 | | study under Section 1001.261, the department, under the direction |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the commission and in consultation with appropriate agencies, |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall develop and periodically revise a state plan for the |
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| 34 | 34 | | prevention of opioid overdoses and opioid-related deaths in the |
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| 35 | 35 | | populations most vulnerable to opioid misuse leading to death and |
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| 36 | 36 | | within the most affected regions. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) The department shall review and modify as necessary the |
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| 38 | 38 | | state plan developed under this section at least once every five |
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| 39 | 39 | | years. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) The department shall biennially submit to the |
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| 41 | 41 | | legislature updated legislative recommendations developed under |
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| 42 | 42 | | this section. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 1001.263. COOPERATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. The |
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| 44 | 44 | | department shall make statistics concerning opioid misuse |
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| 45 | 45 | | available to affected local governments and shall, to the extent |
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| 46 | 46 | | appropriate, share with those governments information concerning |
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| 47 | 47 | | community approaches and best practices for reducing opioid misuse |
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| 48 | 48 | | and opioid-related deaths. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services shall |
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| 50 | 50 | | submit to the legislature the department's initial plan and |
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| 51 | 51 | | legislative recommendations under Section 1001.262, Health and |
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| 52 | 52 | | Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later than November 1, 2022. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 54 | 54 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 55 | 55 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 56 | 56 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 57 | 57 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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