Bill Text: TX SB1319 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of certain overdose information and the mapping of overdoses for public safety purposes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1319 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1319-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of certain overdose information and the mapping of overdoses for public safety purposes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1319 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1319-Introduced.html
88R9872 CJD-D | ||
By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1319 |
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relating to the reporting of certain overdose information and the | ||
mapping of overdoses for public safety purposes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 161.042, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection | ||
(b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) A physician who attends or treats, or who is requested | ||
to attend or treat, an overdose of a controlled substance listed in | ||
a penalty group under Subchapter D, Chapter 481 [ |
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superintendent, or other person in charge of a hospital, | ||
sanitorium, or other institution in which an overdose of a | ||
controlled substance listed in a penalty group under Subchapter D, | ||
Chapter 481, [ |
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attended or treated or in which the attention or treatment is | ||
requested, shall report the case at once to: | ||
(1) the department; and | ||
(2) the law enforcement authority of the municipality | ||
or county in which the physician practices or in which the hospital, | ||
sanitorium, or other institution is located. | ||
(b) A physician or other person who reports an overdose of a | ||
controlled substance under this section shall include in the report | ||
information regarding: | ||
(1) the date and time of the overdose; | ||
(2) the approximate location of the overdose, using: | ||
(A) an address; | ||
(B) the latitude and longitude of the location; | ||
or | ||
(C) the location data from a cellular device; | ||
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suspected to have been used; | ||
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attended or treated for the overdose or for whom treatment was | ||
sought; | ||
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overdose; | ||
(7) whether an opioid antagonist, as defined by | ||
Section 483.101, was administered;[ |
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(8) the patient outcome. | ||
(b-1) The physician or other person making the report | ||
described by Subsection (b) may provide other demographic | ||
information concerning the person attended or treated or for whom | ||
treatment was sought but may not disclose the person's name [ |
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The physician or other person making the report may not disclose the | ||
person's address unless the person's address is the approximate | ||
location of the overdose. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 161, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 161.045 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 161.045. USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INFORMATION BY | ||
LAW ENFORCEMENT. (a) A law enforcement authority may use | ||
information received from a report under Section 161.042 only for | ||
mapping overdose locations for public safety purposes. | ||
(b) Information described by Subsection (a) is confidential | ||
and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. The heading to Chapter 370, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 370. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO [ |
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SECTION 4. Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 370.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 370.007. PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FOR OVERDOSE | ||
MAPPING. A political subdivision of the state may enter into a | ||
participation agreement with a private entity that maintains a | ||
computerized system for mapping overdoses for public safety | ||
purposes. | ||
SECTION 5. Subchapter E, Chapter 161, Health and Safety | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a report made in | ||
response to an overdose that occurs on or after January 1, 2024. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |