Bill Text: TX HB3784 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a task force to study methods for increasing the manufacture of opioid antagonists.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB3784 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3784-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 3784 |
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relating to a task force to study methods for increasing the | ||
manufacture of opioid antagonists. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
(3) "Opioid antagonist" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(b) The commission, in coordination with the comptroller, | ||
shall establish a task force to study methods to incentivize | ||
manufacturers of opioid antagonists to increase production. | ||
(c) The executive commissioner, in coordination with the | ||
comptroller, shall determine the number of members on the task | ||
force and appoint members to the task force accordingly. | ||
(d) The executive commissioner and comptroller shall | ||
jointly designate one member of the task force to serve as the | ||
presiding officer. | ||
(e) A member of the task force is not entitled to | ||
compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for the member's | ||
travel expenses as provided by Chapter 660, Government Code, and | ||
the General Appropriations Act. | ||
(f) Not later than December 1, 2024, the task force shall | ||
submit a report to the legislature on its findings and | ||
recommendations, including proposed legislation to increase the | ||
manufacturing production of opioid antagonists. | ||
(g) The task force is abolished and this Act expires on | ||
January 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall appoint the members of the task force | ||
established by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |