Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2136 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R2620 KKR-F
2	2	By: Blanco S.B. No. 2136
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the administration of a medication, immunization, or
8	8	vaccination by a pharmacist.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 554.004, Occupations
11	11	Code, is amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 554.004. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION, IMMUNIZATION,
13	13	OR VACCINATION.
14	14	SECTION 2. Section 554.004(a), Occupations Code, is amended
15	15	to read as follows:
16	16	(a) The board shall specify conditions under which a
17	17	pharmacist may administer medication, including an immunization or
18	18	[and] vaccination. The conditions for the administration of an
19	19	immunization or vaccination must ensure that:
20	20	(1) [a licensed health care provider authorized to
21	21	administer the medication is not reasonably available to administer
22	22	the medication;
23	23	[(2) failure to administer the medication, other than
24	24	an immunization or vaccination, might result in a significant delay
25	25	or interruption of a critical phase of drug therapy;
26	26	[(3)] the pharmacist possesses the necessary skill,
27	27	education, and certification as specified by the board to
28	28	administer the immunization or vaccination [medication];
29	29	(2) [(4)] within a reasonable time after
30	30	administering an immunization or vaccination [medication], the
31	31	pharmacist notifies the licensed health care provider responsible
32	32	for the patient's care that the immunization or vaccination
33	33	[medication] was administered;
34	34	(3) [(5)] the pharmacist may not administer an
35	35	immunization or vaccination [medication] to a patient at the
36	36	patient's residence, except at a licensed nursing home or hospital;
37	37	[(6) the pharmacist administers an immunization or
38	38	vaccination under a physician's written protocol and meets the
39	39	standards established by the board;] and
40	40	(4) [(7)] the authority of a pharmacist to administer
41	41	an immunization or vaccination [medication] may not be delegated.
42	42	SECTION 3. Sections 554.052(a) and (c-1), Occupations Code,
43	43	are amended to read as follows:
44	44	(a) The board by rule shall require a pharmacist to notify a
45	45	physician who prescribes an immunization or vaccination not later
46	46	than the 14th day [within 24 hours] after the date the pharmacist
47	47	administers the immunization or vaccination.
48	48	(c-1) A pharmacist may administer an immunization or
49	49	[influenza] vaccination to a patient who is at least three [over
50	50	seven] years of age without an established physician-patient
51	51	relationship if the immunization or vaccination is:
52	52	(1) authorized or approved by the United States Food
53	53	and Drug Administration or listed in the routine immunization
54	54	schedule recommended by the federal Advisory Committee on
55	55	Immunization Practices published by the federal Centers for Disease
56	56	Control and Prevention; and
57	57	(2) administered in accordance with the federal
58	58	Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices vaccine-specific
59	59	recommendations.
60	60	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.