88R12739 SHH-F
 
  By: Stucky H.B. No. 4581
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 559.003(e), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (e)  The board may refuse to [A person may not] renew a
  license to practice pharmacy if the person holds a license to
  practice pharmacy in another state that has been suspended,
  revoked, canceled, or subject to an action that prohibits the
  person from practicing pharmacy in that state.
         SECTION 2.  Section 565.002(c), Occupations Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  Section 559.003(e), Occupations Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to a pharmacy license that expires on or
  after the effective date of this Act.  A pharmacy license that
  expires before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
  in effect on the date the license expired, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  The repeal by this Act of Section 565.002(c),
  Occupations Code, applies only to a disciplinary action commenced
  on or after the effective date of this Act.  A disciplinary action
  commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
  law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.