Bill Text: TX HB2088 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to providing information and other resources regarding safe disposal of Schedule II controlled substance prescription drugs.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2088 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2088-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2088 | ||
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| relating to providing information and other resources regarding | ||
| safe disposal of Schedule II controlled substance prescription | ||
| drugs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 481.075, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (n), (o), and (p) to read as follows: | ||
| (n) A person dispensing a Schedule II controlled substance | ||
| under a prescription shall provide written notice, as defined by | ||
| board rule adopted under Subsection (o), on the safe disposal of | ||
| controlled substance prescription drugs, unless: | ||
| (1) the Schedule II controlled substance prescription | ||
| drug is dispensed at a pharmacy or other location that: | ||
| (A) is authorized to take back those drugs for | ||
| safe disposal; and | ||
| (B) regularly accepts those drugs for safe | ||
| disposal; or | ||
| (2) the dispenser provides to the person to whom the | ||
| Schedule II controlled substance prescription drug is dispensed, at | ||
| the time of dispensation and at no cost to the person: | ||
| (A) a mail-in pouch for surrendering unused | ||
| controlled substance prescription drugs; or | ||
| (B) chemicals to render any unused drugs unusable | ||
| or non-retrievable. | ||
| (o) The board shall adopt rules to prescribe the form of the | ||
| written notice on the safe disposal of controlled substance | ||
| prescription drugs required under Subsection (n). The notice must | ||
| include information on locations at which Schedule II controlled | ||
| substance prescription drugs are accepted for safe disposal. The | ||
| notice, in lieu of listing those locations, may provide the address | ||
| of an Internet website specified by the board that provides a | ||
| searchable database of locations at which Schedule II controlled | ||
| substance prescription drugs are accepted for safe disposal. | ||
| (p) The board may take disciplinary action against a person | ||
| who fails to comply with Subsection (n). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 481.075(n), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a controlled substance | ||
| prescription drug dispensed on or after January 1, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2088 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 4, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2088 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
