Bill Text: TX HB2088 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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| By: Dean | H.B. No. 2088 | |
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| relating to providing information regarding safe disposal of | ||
| controlled substance prescription drugs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 481.074, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (r) and (s) to read as follows: | ||
| (r) A person dispensing a controlled substance under a | ||
| prescription shall provide to the person receiving the controlled | ||
| substance written notice of: | ||
| (1) the closest location at which controlled substance | ||
| prescription drugs are accepted for safe disposal; and | ||
| (2) any other drug disposal methods available at the | ||
| location at which the controlled substance is dispensed, including: | ||
| (A) mail-in pouches for surrendering unused | ||
| controlled substance prescription drugs; or | ||
| (B) chemicals to render the drugs unusable. | ||
| (s) The board shall maintain a list of locations at which | ||
| controlled substance prescription drugs are accepted for safe | ||
| disposal and make that list available on the board's Internet | ||
| website. The board shall adopt rules for the form and manner of the | ||
| written notice required under Subsection (r). | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas State | ||
| Board of Pharmacy shall develop and make available the list | ||
| required under Section 481.074(s), Health and Safety Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, and adopt the rules required under that subsection. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 481.074(r), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a controlled substance dispensed | ||
| on or after January 1, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
