Today the Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 1105 by Rep. Four Price. The bill has been received by the Senate and referred to the Health and Human Services Committee. This TPA priority legislation allows pharmacists to order and
administer CDC-recommended vaccines to individuals 3 years and older,
and to delegate vaccine administration to a certified pharmacy
technician. This expanded authority was granted by the federal PREP Act
during the pandemic.
There
are only about two weeks left in the 2023 legislative session. While
all of TPA's priority bills have been heard in committees, only HB 1105
still has the opportunity to pass both houses and become law. Among the
many other bills that TPA is monitoring, House Bill 1240,
which would have allowed physician dispensing in Texas, did not make it
onto the calendar to be considered on the House floor and will not pass
this session.
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