By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1056
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain
  pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient's drug
  therapy.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 157.101(b-1), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b-1)  A delegation under Subsection (b) may include:
               (1)  the implementation or modification of a patient's
  drug therapy under a protocol if:
                     (A)  the delegation follows a diagnosis, initial
  patient assessment, and drug therapy order by the physician; and
                     (B)  the pharmacist maintains a copy of the
  protocol for inspection until at least the seventh anniversary of
  the expiration date of the protocol; or
               (2)  [, including] the authority to sign a prescription
  drug order for dangerous drugs for a patient[,] if:
                     (A) [(1)]  the delegation follows a diagnosis,
  initial patient assessment, and drug therapy order by the
  physician;
                     (B) [(2)]  the pharmacist practices in a
  hospital, hospital-based clinic, or an academic health care
  institution;
                     (C) [(3)]  the hospital, hospital-based clinic,
  or academic health care institution in which the pharmacist
  practices has bylaws and a medical staff policy that permit a
  physician to delegate to a pharmacist the management of a patient's
  drug therapy;
                     (D) [(4)]  the pharmacist provides the name,
  address, and telephone number of the pharmacist and of the
  delegating physician on each prescription signed by the pharmacist;
  and
                     (E) [(5)]  the pharmacist provides a copy of the
  protocol to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas State
  Board of Pharmacy shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section
  554.057, Occupations Code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.