By: West  S.B. No. 998
         (In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2023; March 3, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 12, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
  Nays 0; April 12, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to requiring approved alcohol seller training programs to
  include training on recognizing and treating opioid-related drug
  overdoses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 106.14, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  An approved seller training program described by
  Subsection (b) must include training on:
               (1)  the signs and symptoms of an opioid-related drug
  overdose; and
               (2)  the administration of an opioid antagonist.
         (b-2)  For the purposes of this section, "opioid antagonist"
  and "opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by
  Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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