| 1 | 1 | | 88R3042 CJD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Oliverson H.B. No. 1543 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a statewide standing order prescribing opioid |
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| 8 | 8 | | antagonists. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 483.102, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (d) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the |
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| 13 | 13 | | commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Department of State Health Services shall issue a statewide |
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| 15 | 15 | | standing order prescribing an opioid antagonist to a person |
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| 16 | 16 | | described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2). |
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| 17 | 17 | | (d) The commissioner or the chief medical executive who |
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| 18 | 18 | | prescribes an opioid antagonist under a standing order as required |
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| 19 | 19 | | under Subsection (a-1) has official immunity and may not be subject |
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| 20 | 20 | | to any criminal or civil liability for: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) issuing the standing order prescribing the opioid |
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| 22 | 22 | | antagonist; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) any outcome resulting from the eventual |
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| 24 | 24 | | administration of the opioid antagonist. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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