88R13416 SCP-F
 
  By: Hayes H.B. No. 3082
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a pharmacy, pharmacist, or pharmacy technician decision
  to not dispense or sell a drug according to religious belief or
  moral conviction.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 551.006, Occupations Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 551.006.  PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MORAL
  CONVICTIONS [EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY]. (a) The board may not reduce,
  withhold, exclude, terminate, or otherwise deny any license,
  registration, or accreditation for, any grant to, or any contract
  or agreement with a pharmacy, pharmacist, or pharmacy technician
  for not dispensing or selling a specific drug or product in
  accordance with the person's sincerely held religious belief or
  moral conviction.
         (b)  The attorney general may bring an action for injunctive
  or declaratory relief against the board to enforce compliance with
  this section [Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacist has the
  exclusive authority to determine whether or not to dispense a
  drug].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.