Bill Text: TX SB1947 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 1947 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances by veterinarians.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1947 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1947-Comm_Sub.html



	By: Watson	S.B. No. 1947
	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 19, 2019, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
	April 1, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 1, 2019,
	sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1947	By: Perry


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the regulation of the prescribing and dispensing of
	controlled substances by veterinarians.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 481.0766, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c) The board shall make the information reported under
	Subsection (a) available to the State Board of Veterinary Medical
	Examiners for the purpose of routine inspections and
	investigations.
	SECTION 2. Section 801.307, Occupations Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1) The board shall require a veterinarian to complete two
	hours of continuing education related to opioid abuse and
	controlled substance diversion, inventory, and security every two
	years to renew a license to practice veterinary medicine.
	SECTION 3. Section 801.307(a-1), Occupations Code, as added
	by this Act, applies only to the renewal of a license to practice
	veterinary medicine on or after September 1, 2020. The renewal of a
	license before that date is governed by the law in effect
	immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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