Bill: HB 2389, 85(R) - 2017
Committee
House Public Health
Vote Recommendation
| Vote Recommendation |
Economic Freedom |
Property Rights |
Personal Responsibility |
Limited Government |
Individual Liberty |
| Yes |
Positive |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Positive |
Neutral |
Author(s)
Cindy Burkett
Bill Caption
Relating to the supervision of pharmacist-interns, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy technician trainees by a pharmacist and the adoption of rules by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
Fiscal Notes
From the LBB: No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Bill Analysis
This bill would prohibit the Texas State Board of Pharmacy from adopting rules prohibiting a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or pharmacist intern from remotely accessing the pharmacy’s database to perform certain prescription processing functions.
Vote Recommendation Notes
This bill would prohibit the Texas State Board of Pharmacy from adopting rules to regulate remote access of the pharmacy database, which furthers our principle of free markets and limited government. Individual pharmacies and pharmacists should decide whether to adopt remote access to pharmacy databases, it is not the role of the board to make regulations that could impede innovation and progress in the field. For these reason, we support this bill.
