Bill Text: TX HB4166 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the packaging requirements for certain donated prescription drugs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4166 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4166-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Klick H.B. No. 4166
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4166:
By: Klick C.S.H.B. No. 4166

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the packaging requirements for certain donated
prescription drugs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 442.053(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A donated prescription drug may be accepted or dispensed
under this chapter only if the drug is in its original, unopened,
sealed, and tamper-evident bottle, container, or unit-dose
packaging. A drug packaged in single unit doses may be accepted and
dispensed if the outside packaging is opened but the single
unit-dose packaging is unopened.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.