Bill Text: TX HB4331 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the donors of certain unused prescription drugs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4331 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4331-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 4331 | ||
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| relating to the donors of certain unused prescription drugs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 442.001(1), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Donor" means an individual, a prescription drug | ||
| manufacturer, or a health care facility, including a pharmacy, that | ||
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| participating provider. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 442.056, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 442.056. RECIPIENT FORM. Before accepting a donated | ||
| prescription drug under this chapter, a recipient shall sign a form | ||
| prescribed by the department stating that: | ||
| (1) the recipient acknowledges that if the donor is an | ||
| individual, prescription drug manufacturer, or health care | ||
| facility other than a pharmacy, the donor is not a pharmacist and | ||
| the donor took ordinary care of the prescription drug; | ||
| (2) the recipient acknowledges that the donor is known | ||
| to the participating provider and that there is no reason to believe | ||
| that the prescription drug was improperly handled or stored; | ||
| (3) by accepting the prescription drug, the recipient | ||
| accepts any risk that an accidental mishandling could create; and | ||
| (4) the recipient releases the donor, participating | ||
| provider, and manufacturer of the drug from liability related to | ||
| the prescription drug. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 4331 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 4331 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
