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78R5104 DLF-F


By:  Noriega                                                      H.B. No. 1040



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to emergency medication kits maintained for a veterans 
home.       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 562.108(a), Occupations Code, is amended  
to read as follows:
	(a)  A Class A or Class C pharmacy may maintain controlled 
substances and dangerous drugs in an emergency medication kit used 
at an institution licensed under Chapter 242 or 252, Health and 
Safety Code. A United States Department of Veterans Affairs 
pharmacy or another federally operated pharmacy may maintain 
controlled substances and dangerous drugs in an emergency 
medication kit used at an institution that is licensed under 
Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, and is a veterans home, as 
defined by Section 164.002, Natural Resources Code. The controlled 
substances and dangerous drugs may be used only for the emergency 
medication needs of a resident at the [that] institution.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.