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CRIMINAL JUSTICE/GENERAL
Provides that a CSCD or regional partnership may use funds received to provide any program or service that a
CSCD is authorized to provide under law.
Prosecution of Misdemeanor Cases in Justice of the Peace Courts-S.B. 1200
by Senator Patrick-House Sponsor: Representative Fletcher et al.
Justice of the peace courts have unequal workloads with some courts addressing a backlog of cases and others
addressing very few cases. This is particularly true of justice courts in Harris County. This bill:
Expands the venues in which a misdemeanor case must be tried to include a justice court in any precinct in the
county that is adjacent to the precinct in which the offense was committed, if the offense was committed in a county
with a population of 3.3 million or more.
Certain Prescriptions for Controlled Substances-S.B. 1273
by Senator Williams-House Sponsor: Representative Hamilton et al.
The Texas Prescription Program was created by the Texas Legislature in 1982 to monitor Schedule II controlled
substance prescriptions. The program was expanded in 2008 to include the monitoring of Schedule III through
Schedule V controlled substance prescriptions. An interagency council was created in 2009, composed of the
director of DPS and the executive directors of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP) and the Texas Medical
Board (TMB) or their designees. The interagency council was charged to develop a transition plan for the orderly
transfer from DPS to TSBP of certain records and regulatory functions relating to dispensing controlled substances
by prescription. The council met numerous times throughout 2010 and submitted its findings and recommendations
to the legislature in 2011. This bill:
Requires a person to provide DPS with the person's federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number not later
than the 45th day after the director issues a registration to the person.
Requires a person who administers or dispenses a controlled substance, if the person is not a prescribing practitioner
or pharmacist, to promptly write the oral or telephonically communicated prescription and include in the written record
of the prescription the name, address, and DEA number issued for prescribing a controlled substance.
Removes the requirement that a prescription for a controlled substance show the practitioner's DPS registration
number.
Requires each dispensing pharmacist to send all information required by the director of DPS to the director by
electronic transfer or another approved form not later than the seventh, rather than the 15th, day after the date the
prescription is completely filled.
Requires that each official prescription form used to prescribe a Schedule II controlled substance contain the DEA
number issued for prescribing a controlled substance in Texas.
Prohibits the DPS director from permitting any person to have access to information submitted to the director except
an investigator for the TMB, the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, the State Board of Dental
Examiners, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, the Texas Board of Nursing, or TSBP.68 HIGHLIGHTS 82'~ TEXAS LEGISLATURE
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