89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 855
Relating to promoting, prescribing, administering, or dispensing prescription drugs for off-label use.
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89R1261 JG-F By: Harrison H.B. No. 855 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to promoting, prescribing, administering, or dispensing prescription drugs for off-label use. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Chapter 446 to read as follows: CHAPTER 446. OFF-LABEL USE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS Sec. 446.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Off-label use" means the use of a prescription drug approved for use by the United States Food and Drug