89R12747 RAL-D     By: Johnson H.B. No. 4106       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the duties of a pharmacist regarding medication   profiles for high-risk patients in certain hospitals.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 562, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 562.1012 to read as follows:          Sec. 562.1012.  MEDICATION PROFILE FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS IN   CERTAIN HOSPITALS. (a)  This section applies only with respect to a   licensed hospital with more than 100 beds.          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a hospital   pharmacist shall obtain an accurate medication profile for each   high-risk patient, as determined by hospital policy, admitted to   the hospital.          (c)  A pharmacist-intern or pharmacy technician may obtain   the medication profile described by Subsection (b) if the   pharmacist-intern or pharmacy technician meets the training   requirements provided by board rule.          (d)  The pharmacist-in-charge of an institutional pharmacy   in a hospital shall develop and implement policies and procedures   consistent with board rules for obtaining a medication profile   under this section including determining the timeframe by which a   patient medication profile must be completed.          (e)  The board shall adopt rules to implement this section,   including rules specifying:                (1)  the contents of a patient medication profile   required under Subsection (b); and                (2)  the training requirements for a pharmacist-intern   or pharmacy technician obtaining a medication profile.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.