88R3042 CJD-D     By: Perry S.B. No. 954       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a statewide standing order prescribing opioid   antagonists.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 483.102, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (d) to read as follows:          (a-1)  The commissioner of state health services or, if the   commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the   Department of State Health Services shall issue a statewide   standing order prescribing an opioid antagonist to a person   described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2).          (d)  The commissioner or the chief medical executive who   prescribes an opioid antagonist under a standing order as required   under Subsection (a-1) has official immunity and may not be subject   to any criminal or civil liability for:                (1)  issuing the standing order prescribing the opioid   antagonist; or                (2)  any outcome resulting from the eventual   administration of the opioid antagonist.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.