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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the packaging requirements for certain donated |
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prescription drugs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 442.053(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A donated prescription drug may be accepted or dispensed |
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under this chapter only if the drug is in its original, unopened, |
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sealed, and tamper-evident bottle or unit-dose packaging. A drug |
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packaged in single unit doses may be accepted and dispensed if the |
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outside packaging is opened but the single unit-dose packaging is |
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unopened. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |