Bill Text: TX HB628 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that a pharmacist honor a prescription written by a practitioner.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Referred to Public Health [HB628 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB628-Introduced.html
| By: Spitzer | H.B. No. 628 | |
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| relating to the requirement that a pharmacist honor a prescription | ||
| written by a practitioner. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 562, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 562.058 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 562.058. PHARMACIST REQUIRED TO HONOR PRESCRIPTION. | ||
| (a) Subject to the provisions of Subchapter A relating to drug | ||
| selection and substitution and except as provided by Subsection | ||
| (b), a pharmacist shall honor a valid prescription drug order | ||
| written by a practitioner licensed by the State of Texas, including | ||
| a prescription drug order for a controlled substance or dangerous | ||
| drug. | ||
| (b) The provisions of Subsection (a) shall not alter a | ||
| pharmacist's right to conscientiously object to the filling of any | ||
| prescription drug order. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
