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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a statewide standing order prescribing opioid |
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antagonists. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 483.102, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the |
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commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the |
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Department of State Health Services shall issue a statewide |
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standing order prescribing an opioid antagonist to a person |
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described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2). |
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(d) The commissioner or the chief medical executive who |
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prescribes an opioid antagonist under a standing order as required |
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under Subsection (a-1) has official immunity and may not be subject |
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to any criminal or civil liability for: |
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(1) issuing the standing order prescribing the opioid |
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antagonist; or |
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(2) any outcome resulting from the eventual |
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administration of the opioid antagonist. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |