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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to continuing education for pharmacists regarding drug |
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abuse and opioid drugs and an interim study regarding opioid abuse. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 559, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 559.0525 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 559.0525. CONTINUING EDUCATION RELATING TO OPIOID |
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DRUGS. (a) The board shall develop a continuing education program |
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regarding opioid drug abuse and the delivery, dispensing, and |
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provision of tamper-resistant opioid drugs after considering input |
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from interested persons. |
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(b) The board by rule may require a license holder to |
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satisfy a number of the continuing education hours required by |
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Section 559.053 through attendance of a program developed under |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The standing committee of the senate that |
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has primary jurisdiction over health and human services shall |
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conduct an interim study regarding opioid abuse and the provision |
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of tamper-resistant opioids. |
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(b) The committee may establish appropriate criteria for |
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the study to accomplish the study's purpose. The study must include |
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an examination of: |
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(1) matters relating to prescription opioid abuse; and |
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(2) the use and effectiveness of tamper-resistant |
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opioids. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2014, the committee shall |
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submit a report of the committee's findings and recommendations to |
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the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives for consideration by the 84th Legislature. The |
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committee shall include in its report the results of the study |
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conducted under this section and the committee's recommendations |
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for specific statutory changes, if any. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |