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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disclosure and documentation of increased fall risk |
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information for certain prescription drugs prescribed to patients |
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65 years of age and older. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 184 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 184. DISCLOSURE AND DOCUMENTATION OF INCREASED FALL RISK |
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INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS |
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Sec. 184.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "fall risk |
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increasing drug" means a prescription drug posing a substantial |
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risk to a patient's balance, stability, or alertness. |
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Sec. 184.002. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE AND DOCUMENTATION. (a) |
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Each physician and health care practitioner licensed to practice in |
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this state who prescribes a fall risk increasing drug to a patient |
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who is 65 years of age or older shall disclose to the patient or the |
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patient's legal guardian information on the increased fall risk |
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associated with use of the drug. |
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(b) A physician or health care practitioner who prescribes a |
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fall risk increasing drug to a patient 65 years of age or older |
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shall document in the patient's medical record that the physician |
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or practitioner provided to the patient the information required by |
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Subsection (a). |
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(c) The disclosure and documentation required under this |
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section must be in the form and manner prescribed by the executive |
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commissioner and comply with any applicable rules adopted by the |
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state licensing agency with regulatory authority over the physician |
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or health care practitioner. |
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Sec. 184.003. LIST OF FALL RISK INCREASING DRUGS. (a) The |
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executive commissioner shall develop a list of prescription drugs |
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considered to be a fall risk increasing drug and shall annually post |
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the list on the commission's Internet website. |
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(b) In developing the list required under Subsection (a), |
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the executive commissioner may consider for inclusion on the list |
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prescription drugs: |
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(1) identified as increasing the risk of falls under |
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the most current edition of the Beers Criteria for Potentially |
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Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults published by the |
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American Geriatrics Society; or |
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(2) designated as a fall risk increasing drug by a |
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pharmacy care initiative administered by the federal Centers for |
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Disease Control and Prevention. |
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Sec. 184.004. DISCIPLINARY ACTION. A physician or health |
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care practitioner who holds a license issued by a state licensing |
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agency is subject to review and disciplinary action by the agency |
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for a violation of this chapter as if the physician or practitioner |
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violated the applicable licensing law. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement |
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Chapter 184, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027. |