86R12759 JSC-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1112
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the study and prevention of opioid overdoses occurring
in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter K to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER K. OPIOID OVERDOSES
Sec. 1001.261. OPIOID OVERDOSE STUDY. (a) The department
shall use vital statistics information and any other relevant data
maintained by or available to the department to conduct an ongoing
study on opioid overdoses occurring in this state.
(b) The department shall examine and investigate all
relevant aspects of opioid overdoses, including:
(1) the specific opioids responsible for overdoses and
deaths;
(2) the populations most vulnerable to opioid misuse;
and
(3) the regions of the state most affected by adverse
impacts related to opioid misuse.
(c) The department shall regularly update and make
available on the department's Internet website the findings of the
study, except that the department may not publicly disclose the
identity of any patient, health care provider, or health care
facility.
Sec. 1001.262. PLAN. (a) Based on the investigation and
study under Section 1001.261, the department, under the direction
of the commission and in consultation with appropriate agencies,
shall develop and periodically revise a state plan for the
prevention of opioid overdoses and opioid-related deaths in the
populations most vulnerable to opioid misuse leading to death and
within the most affected regions.
(b) The department shall review and modify as necessary the
state plan developed under this section at least once every five
years.
(c) The department shall biennially submit to the
legislature updated legislative recommendations developed under
this section.
Sec. 1001.263. COOPERATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. The
department shall make statistics concerning opioid misuse
available to affected local governments and shall, to the extent
appropriate, share with those governments information concerning
community approaches and best practices for reducing opioid misuse
and opioid-related deaths.
SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services shall
submit to the legislature the department's initial plan and
legislative recommendations under Section 1001.262, Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later than November 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.