89R12747 RAL-D
By: Johnson H.B. No. 4106
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of a pharmacist regarding medication
profiles for high-risk patients in certain hospitals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 562, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 562.1012 to read as follows:
Sec. 562.1012. MEDICATION PROFILE FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS IN
CERTAIN HOSPITALS. (a) This section applies only with respect to a
licensed hospital with more than 100 beds.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a hospital
pharmacist shall obtain an accurate medication profile for each
high-risk patient, as determined by hospital policy, admitted to
the hospital.
(c) A pharmacist-intern or pharmacy technician may obtain
the medication profile described by Subsection (b) if the
pharmacist-intern or pharmacy technician meets the training
requirements provided by board rule.
(d) The pharmacist-in-charge of an institutional pharmacy
in a hospital shall develop and implement policies and procedures
consistent with board rules for obtaining a medication profile
under this section including determining the timeframe by which a
patient medication profile must be completed.
(e) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section,
including rules specifying:
(1) the contents of a patient medication profile
required under Subsection (b); and
(2) the training requirements for a pharmacist-intern
or pharmacy technician obtaining a medication profile.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.