By: Moncrief S.B. No. 332 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the provision of a drug by a physician to certain 1-3 indigent patients. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 158.001, Occupations Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-7 (c) This chapter does not prohibit a physician from 1-8 supplying to a patient, free of charge, a drug provided to the 1-9 physician by a drug manufacturer for an indigent pharmaceutical 1-10 program if, in the physician's opinion, it is advantageous to the 1-11 patient, in adhering to a course of treatment prescribed by the 1-12 physician, to receive the drug. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.