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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing information regarding safe disposal of |
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controlled substance prescription drugs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 481.074, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (r) and (s) to read as follows: |
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(r) A person dispensing a controlled substance under a |
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prescription shall provide to the person receiving the controlled |
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substance written notice of: |
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(1) the closest location at which controlled substance |
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prescription drugs are accepted for safe disposal; and |
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(2) any other drug disposal methods available at the |
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location at which the controlled substance is dispensed, including: |
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(A) mail-in pouches for surrendering unused |
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controlled substance prescription drugs; or |
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(B) chemicals to render the drugs unusable. |
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(s) The board shall maintain a list of locations at which |
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controlled substance prescription drugs are accepted for safe |
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disposal and make that list available on the board's Internet |
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website. The board shall adopt rules for the form and manner of the |
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written notice required under Subsection (r). |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas State |
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Board of Pharmacy shall develop and make available the list |
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required under Section 481.074(s), Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by this Act, and adopt the rules required under that subsection. |
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SECTION 3. Section 481.074(r), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a controlled substance dispensed |
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on or after January 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |