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	Amend SB 1879 on third reading by inserting the following 
SECTIONS to the bill, appropriately numbered, and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Chapter 107, Occupations Code, 
is amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 107.  [INTRACTABLE] PAIN TREATMENT
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 107, Occupations Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter E to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER E.  PATIENT BILL OF RIGHTS
	Sec. 107.201.  PATIENT RIGHTS IN PAIN TREATMENT.  A patient 
who suffers from severe chronic or acute pain may:
		(1)  request or reject the use of any or all modalities 
to relieve the pain;
		(2)  choose from appropriate pharmacologic treatment 
options to relieve the pain, including opiate medications, without 
first having to submit to surgery or a medical procedure that 
results in the destruction of a nerve or other body tissue or the 
implantation of a drug delivery system or device; and
		(3)  ask the patient's physician to provide an 
identifying notice of a prescription to treat the pain for purposes 
of emergency treatment or law enforcement identification.
	Sec. 107.202.  DUTIES OF PHYSICIAN IN PAIN TREATMENT.  A 
physician may refuse to prescribe opiate medication for a patient 
who requests that treatment for severe chronic or acute pain only if 
the physician provides the patient with the name of another 
physician who is qualified to treat the pain employing methods that 
include the use of opiates.
	SECTION ____.  Section 107.001, Occupations Code, is 
repealed.