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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of pharmacy services through a |
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telepharmacy system located at a remote dispensing site. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 562.110(h) and (i), Occupations Code, |
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as added by Chapter 929 (S.B. 1633), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2017, are amended to read as follows: |
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(h) A [Except as provided by Subsection (j), a] telepharmacy |
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system located at a remote dispensing site under Subsection (d)(2) |
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may not be located within 10 [25] miles by road of a Class A |
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pharmacy. |
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(i) If [Except as provided by Subsection (j), if] a Class A |
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pharmacy is established within 10 [25] miles by road of a remote |
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dispensing site that is currently operating, the remote dispensing |
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site may continue to operate at that location. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Sections 562.110(g), (h), and (i), |
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Occupations Code, as added by Chapter 485 (H.B. 2561), Acts of the |
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85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, are repealed. |
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(b) Section 562.110(j), Occupations Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |