By: Davis of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 948

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2007; April 26, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; May 11, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements for labeling certain drugs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 562.006, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) The board shall adopt rules requiring the label on a dispensing container to be in plain language and printed in an easily readable font size for the consumer.

SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 562, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 562.0061 to read as follows:

Sec. 562.0061. OTHER PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION. The board shall adopt rules specifying the information a pharmacist must provide to a consumer when dispensing a prescription to the consumer for self-administration. The information must be:

(1) written in plain language;

(2) relevant to the prescription; and

(3) printed in an easily readable font size.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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