By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 2467
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment and operation of a mobile narcotic
drug treatment unit by a narcotic drug treatment program facility;
authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 466, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter B-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER B-1. MOBILE NARCOTIC DRUG TREATMENT UNITS
Sec. 466.031. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "mobile
unit" means a motor vehicle that is operated by a narcotic drug
treatment program facility to provide services under the narcotic
drug treatment program.
Sec. 466.032. MOBILE UNIT REGISTRATION. (a) A facility
that holds a permit under this chapter may operate one or more
mobile units to provide services under a narcotic drug treatment
program.
(b) A facility must register each mobile unit with the
department but is not required to obtain a separate permit for a
mobile unit.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules setting a fee
for registration of a mobile unit under this section. The fee must
be in an amount sufficient to recover the actual expenditures of
state funds by the department to register and inspect the mobile
units.
(d) A mobile unit registered under this section is subject to
inspection in the same manner as a facility inspection provided by
Section 466.025.
Sec. 466.033. SERVICES. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, a
mobile unit may provide administrative, medical, and psychological
service that are related to the narcotic drug treatment program's
goals, including:
(1) case management;
(2) counseling; and
(3) physician examinations.
(b) The mobile unit may collect samples, including but not
limited to blood, saliva, or urine, for the purpose of narcotic drug
testing or analysis.
(c) The mobile unit may dispense or administer an approved
narcotic drug for the maintenance or detoxification of persons with
a drug dependency as part of a narcotic drug program permitted by
the department.
(d) The mobile unit may provide the services described by
Subsection (a) regardless of whether those services are provided or
authorized to be provided in the narcotic drug treatment program's
permitted facility.
Sec. 466.034. RULES. The executive commissioner may not
adopt a rule that limits a mobile unit to assisting or treating only
established or stabilized patients.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the
changes in law made by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.