Bill Text: TX SB316 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to continuing education for pharmacists regarding drug abuse and opioid drugs and an interim study regarding opioid abuse.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB316 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB316-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 316 | ||
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| relating to continuing education for pharmacists regarding drug | ||
| abuse and opioid drugs and an interim study regarding opioid abuse. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 559, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 559.0525 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 559.0525. CONTINUING EDUCATION RELATING TO OPIOID | ||
| DRUGS. (a) The board shall develop a continuing education program | ||
| regarding opioid drug abuse and the delivery, dispensing, and | ||
| provision of tamper-resistant opioid drugs after considering input | ||
| from interested persons. | ||
| (b) The board by rule may require a license holder to | ||
| satisfy a number of the continuing education hours required by | ||
| Section 559.053 through attendance of a program developed under | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The standing committee of the senate that | ||
| has primary jurisdiction over health and human services shall | ||
| conduct an interim study regarding opioid abuse and the provision | ||
| of tamper-resistant opioids. | ||
| (b) The committee may establish appropriate criteria for | ||
| the study to accomplish the study's purpose. The study must include | ||
| an examination of: | ||
| (1) matters relating to prescription opioid abuse; and | ||
| (2) the use and effectiveness of tamper-resistant | ||
| opioids. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1, 2014, the committee shall | ||
| submit a report of the committee's findings and recommendations to | ||
| the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives for consideration by the 84th Legislature. The | ||
| committee shall include in its report the results of the study | ||
| conducted under this section and the committee's recommendations | ||
| for specific statutory changes, if any. | ||
| (d) This section expires September 1, 2015. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 316 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 316 passed the House on | ||
| May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 8, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
