By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1584
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of an providers right to redispense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Section 1431.002, Health and
Safety Code, is amended by adding a Subsection to read as follows:
"Redispense" means to prepare or compound in the course of
professional practice, a prescription drug or device for delivery
to an ultimate user or the user's agent under a practitioner's
lawful order, after the prescription or drug has been originally
dispensed, but does not include relabeling;
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Section 1431.021, Health and
Safety Code, Subdivision (w) is amended to read as follows:
(w) except as provided under Subchapter M of this chapter
and Section 562.1085, Occupations Code, the acceptance by a person
of an unused prescription or drug, in whole or in part, for the
purpose of resale or redispensing, after the prescription or drug
has been originally dispensed, or sold;
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.