Bill Text: TX HB2088 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas House Bill 2088 (Prior Session Legislation)

TX State Legislature page for HB2088

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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-Engrossed.html

	86R27322 JSC-D

	By: Dean, Thompson of Harris, Zerwas, Moody,	H.B. No. 2088
	Oliverson, et al.


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.