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AN ACT
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relating to the authorization of physicians and therapeutic |
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optometrists to dispense therapeutic contact lenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 551.003, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (42-a) to read as follows: |
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(42-a) "Therapeutic contact lens" means a contact lens |
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that contains one or more drugs and that delivers the drugs into the |
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wearer's eye. |
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SECTION 2. Section 551.004, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) This subtitle does not prevent a physician or |
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therapeutic optometrist from dispensing and charging for |
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therapeutic contact lenses. This subsection does not authorize a |
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therapeutic optometrist to prescribe, administer, or dispense a |
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drug that is otherwise outside the therapeutic optometrist's scope |
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of practice. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1740 was passed by the House on April |
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21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1740 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |