89S10270 KRM-D     By: Shofner H.B. No. 84       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state   health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.090 to read as follows:          Sec. 1001.090.  STATEWIDE ORDER AUTHORIZING DISPENSING OF   IVERMECTIN. (a)  The commissioner shall issue a statewide order   authorizing a licensed pharmacist to dispense ivermectin without a   health care practitioner's prescription order notwithstanding any   other law.          (b)  The statewide order must include written, standardized   procedures or protocols for a pharmacist to follow when dispensing   ivermectin and require the pharmacist to provide each patient with   instructions on the proper use of ivermectin.          (c)  Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacist may   dispense ivermectin in accordance with the statewide order.          (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacist acting in a   reasonably prudent manner is not criminally or civilly liable or   subject to professional disciplinary action for dispensing   ivermectin in accordance with the statewide order.          (e)  A pharmacist dispensing ivermectin in accordance with   the statewide order shall provide an annual written report in the   form and manner the department prescribes on the number of doses of   ivermectin the pharmacist dispensed in accordance with the   statewide order in the preceding calendar year.          (f)  The executive commissioner and the Texas State Board of   Pharmacy may adopt the rules necessary to implement this section.          (g)  Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner's   issuance of a statewide order under Subsection (a) may not be the   basis for criminal or civil liability against the commissioner or   disciplinary action by a licensing entity in this state that issues   a license to the commissioner.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the commissioner of state health services shall issue a   statewide order in accordance with Section 1001.090, Health and   Safety Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the   last day of the legislative session.