Bill Text: TX HB2534 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a prescription medication information literacy plan and pilot programs to implement that plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-15 - Referred to Public Health [HB2534 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2534-Introduced.html
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By: Castro | H.B. No. 2534 |
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relating to the creation of a prescription medication information | ||
literacy plan and pilot programs to implement that plan. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 107A, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by designating Sections 107A.001, 107A.002, and 107A.003, Health | ||
and Safety Code, as Subchapter A, Chapter 107A, Health and Safety | ||
Code, and adding a heading to Subchapter A to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 107A, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter B to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INFORMATION LITERACY | ||
Sec. 107A.051. DEVELOPMENT OF LITERACY PLAN. (a) The | ||
office shall develop a prescription medication information | ||
literacy plan to improve patient compliance with physician | ||
instructions for taking prescription medication. | ||
(b) Medication literature created or modified under the | ||
plan must: | ||
(1) be appropriate for the literacy level of the | ||
general population of this state, including persons who receive | ||
medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, and the | ||
parents or guardians of children covered by the child health plan | ||
under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; | ||
(2) be written in a format that is easy to understand; | ||
(3) be available in English, Spanish, and any other | ||
language appropriate to the demographic needs of the area in which | ||
the pharmacy distributing the prescriptions is located; and | ||
(4) include additional information to assist a person | ||
in complying with physician instructions for taking the medication | ||
and receiving the best therapeutic benefit from the medication. | ||
(c) The office shall identify the best methods and practices | ||
for producing medically accurate information that meets the | ||
criteria in Subsection (b) and disseminating that information. | ||
Sec. 107A.052. PILOT PROGRAMS. (a) The office shall create | ||
pilot programs to implement the provisions of the prescription | ||
medication information literacy plan developed under Section | ||
107A.051. | ||
(b) In selecting locations for the pilot programs under this | ||
section, the office shall identify areas in which a significant | ||
portion of the population is covered by: | ||
(1) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, | ||
Human Resources Code; or | ||
(2) the child health plan under Chapter 62, Health and | ||
Safety Code. | ||
(c) The office shall implement: | ||
(1) at least one pilot program in a rural area; and | ||
(2) at least one pilot program in an urban area. | ||
(d) The office may implement pilot programs in addition to | ||
the pilot programs described by Subsection (c) if funding is | ||
available. | ||
(e) The office may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
donations to support the pilot programs under this section. | ||
(f) The office shall provide training and outreach to | ||
pharmacists and pharmacy staff in areas covered by a pilot program | ||
under this section to ensure proper use of the literature developed | ||
under Section 107A.051. | ||
(g) Each pharmacy in an area covered by the pilot program | ||
shall implement the provisions of the plan developed under Section | ||
107A.051. | ||
(h) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission may adopt rules necessary for the | ||
implementation of the pilot programs under this section. | ||
(i) Not later than January 1, 2013, the office shall submit | ||
a report to the legislature on: | ||
(1) the efficacy of pilot programs implemented under | ||
this section; and | ||
(2) recommendations for legislation to improve health | ||
prescription medication information literacy. | ||
(j) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2011. |