Bill Text: TX SB340 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Bill 340 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies with the purchase of opioid antagonists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB340 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB340-Enrolled.html



	S.B. No. 340




	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of a grant program to assist law
	enforcement agencies with the purchase of opioid antagonists.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 772.0078 to read as follows:
	Sec. 772.0078. OPIOID ANTAGONIST GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In
	this section:
	(1) "Criminal justice division" means the criminal
	justice division established under Section 772.006.
	(2) "Opioid antagonist" and "opioid-related drug
	overdose" have the meanings assigned by Section 483.101, Health and
	Safety Code.
	(b) The criminal justice division shall establish and
	administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to a law
	enforcement agency in this state that seeks to provide opioid
	antagonists to peace officers, evidence technicians, and related
	personnel who, in the course of performing their duties, are likely
	to come into contact with opioids or encounter persons suffering
	from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose.
	(c) A law enforcement agency may apply for a grant under
	this section only if the agency first adopts a policy addressing the
	usage of an opioid antagonist for a person suffering from an
	apparent opioid-related drug overdose.
	(d) In an application for a grant under this section, the
	law enforcement agency shall provide information to the criminal
	justice division about the frequency and nature of:
	(1) interactions between peace officers and persons
	suffering from an apparent opioid-related drug overdose;
	(2) calls for assistance based on an apparent
	opioid-related drug overdose; and
	(3) any exposure of peace officers, evidence
	technicians, or related personnel to opioids or suspected opioids
	in the course of performing their duties and any reactions by those
	persons to those substances.
	(e) A law enforcement agency receiving a grant under this
	section shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the grant,
	provide to the criminal justice division proof of purchase of the
	opioid antagonists.
	(f) The criminal justice division may use any money
	available for purposes of this section.
	SECTION 2. The criminal justice division of the governor's
	office is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
	legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
	the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
	purpose, the criminal justice division of the governor's office
	may, but is not required to, implement a provision of this Act using
	other appropriations available for that purpose.
	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, 2019.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 340 passed the Senate on
	April 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 340 passed the House on
	May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 7, two
	present not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor