Bill Text: TX HB4331 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Klick (Senate Sponsor - Sparks) H.B. No. 4331
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 11, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
[who] donates unused prescription drugs under this chapter to a
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.
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