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AN ACT
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relating to the packaging requirements for certain donated |
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prescription drugs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 442.053(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A donated prescription drug may be accepted or dispensed |
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under this chapter only if the drug is in its original, unopened, |
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sealed, and tamper-evident bottle, container, or unit-dose |
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packaging. A drug packaged in single unit doses may be accepted and |
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dispensed if the outside packaging is opened but the single |
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unit-dose packaging is unopened. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4166 was passed by the House on April |
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28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4166 was passed by the Senate on May |
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17, 2023, 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 |