87R13342 MCF-D
 
  By: Stucky H.B. No. 4173
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prohibited use of a Federal Drug Enforcement
  Administration number.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 481.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The director by rule shall prohibit a person in this
  state, including a person regulated by the Texas Department of
  Insurance under the Insurance Code or the other insurance laws of
  this state, a state licensing authority, and a person in the course
  of the person's employment as a pharmacist, from using a
  practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number for
  a purpose other than a purpose described by federal law or by this
  chapter.  A person who violates a rule adopted under this subsection
  commits a Class C misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.