Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB340 Compare Versions

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1		-	S.B. No. 340
	1	+	By: Huffman S.B. No. 340
	2	+	(King of Parker, Guillen, Parker, Sheffield, et al.)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law
6	8		enforcement agencies with the purchase of opioid antagonists.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is
9	11		amended by adding Section 772.0078 to read as follows:
10	12		Sec. 772.0078. OPIOID ANTAGONIST GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In
11	13		this section:
12	14		(1) "Criminal justice division" means the criminal
13	15		justice division established under Section 772.006.
14	16		(2) "Opioid antagonist" and "opioid-related drug
15	17		overdose" have the meanings assigned by Section 483.101, Health and
16	18		Safety Code.
17	19		(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and
18	20		administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to a law
19	21		enforcement agency in this state that seeks to provide opioid
20	22		antagonists to peace officers, evidence technicians, and related
21	23		personnel who, in the course of performing their duties, are likely
22	24		to come into contact with opioids or encounter persons suffering
23	25		from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose.
24	26		(c) A law enforcement agency may apply for a grant under
25	27		this section only if the agency first adopts a policy addressing the
26	28		usage of an opioid antagonist for a person suffering from an
27	29		apparent opioid-related drug overdose.
28	30		(d) In an application for a grant under this section, the
29	31		law enforcement agency shall provide information to the criminal
30	32		justice division about the frequency and nature of:
31	33		(1) interactions between peace officers and persons
32	34		suffering from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose;
33	35		(2) calls for assistance based on an apparent
34	36		opioid-related drug overdose; and
35	37		(3) any exposure of peace officers, evidence
36	38		technicians, or related personnel to opioids or suspected opioids
37	39		in the course of performing their duties and any reactions by those
38	40		persons to those substances.
39	41		(e) A law enforcement agency receiving a grant under this
40	42		section shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the grant,
41	43		provide to the criminal justice division proof of purchase of the
42	44		opioid antagonists.
43	45		(f) The criminal justice division may use any money
44	46		available for purposes of this section.
45	47		SECTION 2. The criminal justice division of the governor's
46	48		office is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
47	49		legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
48	50		the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
49	51		purpose, the criminal justice division of the governor's office
50	52		may, but is not required to, implement a provision of this Act using
51	53		other appropriations available for that purpose.
52	54		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
53	55		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
54	56		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
55	57		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
56	58		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
57		-	______________________________ ______________________________
58		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
59		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 340 passed the Senate on
60		-	April 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Secretary of the Senate
63		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 340 passed the House on
64		-	May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 7, two
65		-	present not voting.
66		-	______________________________
67		-	Chief Clerk of the House
68		-	Approved:
69		-	______________________________
70		-	Date
71		-	______________________________
72		-	Governor