By: Moncrief S.B. No. 1606
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Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the regulation of dietary supplements and homeopathic
1-2 remedies under the Texas Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Sections 431.002 (14) and (26), Health and Safety
1-5 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-6 (14) "Drug" means articles recognized in the official
1-7 compendium [United States Pharmacopoeia National Formulary], or any
1-8 supplement to it, articles designed or intended for use in the
1-9 diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in
1-10 man or other animals, articles, other than food, intended to affect
1-11 the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals,
1-12 and articles intended for use as a component of any article
1-13 specified in this subdivision. The term does not include devices
1-14 or their components, parts, or accessories or dietary supplements
1-15 as defined in the federal Act. A food for which a claim is made in
1-16 accordance with Section 403(r) of the federal Act, and for which
1-17 the claim is approved by the secretary, is not a drug solely
1-18 because the label or labeling contains such a claim.
1-19 (26) "Official compendium" means the official United
1-20 States Pharmacopoeia, the official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, the
1-21 National Formulary, or any supplement to these documents [it].