By: Talarico H.B. No. 3150
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to guidelines for prescribing opioid antagonists at
chemical dependency facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 170.002 (b), Occupations Code, is
amended by adding subsection (b-3) to read as follows:
(b-3) prescribing an opioid antagonist to a patient with
opioid use disorder upon release from a chemical dependency
treatment facility, as defined by Section 464.001, Health and
Safety Code.