Bill Text: TX HB4581 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Public Health [HB4581 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4581-Introduced.html

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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repealed.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.