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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the identification of the country of manufacture on the |
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label for a prescription drug or biological product. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 562.006, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) The label on the dispensing container on a drug or |
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biological product dispensed by a pharmacy must indicate the |
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country where the drug or biological product was manufactured. |
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(b) In addition to the information required by Subsections |
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[Subsection] (a) and (a-1), the label on the dispensing container |
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of a drug or biological product dispensed by a Class A or Class E |
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pharmacy must indicate: |
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(1) the name, address, and telephone number of the |
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pharmacy; |
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(2) the date the prescription is dispensed; |
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(3) the name of the prescribing practitioner; |
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(4) the name of the patient or, if the drug or |
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biological product was prescribed for an animal, the species of the |
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animal and the name of the owner; |
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(5) instructions for use; |
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(6) the quantity dispensed; |
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(7) if the drug or biological product is dispensed in a |
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container other than the manufacturer's original container, the |
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date after which the prescription should not be used, determined |
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according to criteria established by board rule based on standards |
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in the United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary; and |
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(8) any other information required by board rule. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas State Board of Pharmacy shall adopt any |
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rules necessary to implement Section 562.006(a-1), Occupations |
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Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2024. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a drug or biological product dispensed on or after March 1, 2024. |
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A drug or biological product dispensed before March 1, 2024, is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |