By: Klick (Senate Sponsor - Sparks) H.B. No. 4166
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 11, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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KolkhorstX
PerryX
BlancoX
HallX
HancockX
HughesX
LaMantiaX
MilesX
SparksX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the packaging requirements for certain donated
prescription drugs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 442.053(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A donated prescription drug may be accepted or dispensed
under this chapter only if the drug is in its original, unopened,
sealed, and tamper-evident bottle, container, or unit-dose
packaging. A drug packaged in single unit doses may be accepted and
dispensed if the outside packaging is opened but the single
unit-dose packaging is unopened.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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