88R3042 CJD-D
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 1543
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a statewide standing order prescribing opioid
antagonists.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 483.102, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (d) to read as follows:
(a-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the
commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the
Department of State Health Services shall issue a statewide
standing order prescribing an opioid antagonist to a person
described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2).
(d) The commissioner or the chief medical executive who
prescribes an opioid antagonist under a standing order as required
under Subsection (a-1) has official immunity and may not be subject
to any criminal or civil liability for:
(1) issuing the standing order prescribing the opioid
antagonist; or
(2) any outcome resulting from the eventual
administration of the opioid antagonist.
SECTION 2. 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, 2023.