By: West S.B. No. 867
(Rose, Plesa)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the recipients of opioid antagonists under the opioid
antagonist program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 461A.059(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The executive commissioner may provide opioid
antagonists under the program to emergency medical services
personnel, first responders, public schools, institutions of
higher education as defined by Section 481.134, community centers,
and other persons likely to be in a position to respond to an opioid
overdose.
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.