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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the recipients of opioid antagonists under the opioid |
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antagonist program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 461A.059(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The executive commissioner may provide opioid |
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antagonists under the program to emergency medical services |
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personnel, first responders, public schools, institutions of |
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higher education as defined by Section 481.134, community centers, |
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and other persons likely to be in a position to respond to an opioid |
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overdose. |
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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. |