Public Health

As a pharmacist for over thirty years, and a member of the House Public Health Committee, Chuck has helped pass extensive legislation to ensure the continued health and well-being of his friends and neighbors in East Texas.

2009

HB 448Picture 1 – Relating to requiring the Department of State Health Services to implement a provider choice system for certain vaccines.

HB 1409 – Relating to the minimum patient age for administration of an influenza vaccination by a pharmacist.

HB 1138 – Relating to information required on pharmacy benefit cards.

HB 4402 – Relating to a study regarding insurance coverage of prescription drugs provided under a health benefit plan.

HCR 88 – Directing the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency to educate parents of adolescent Texans regarding the importance of adolescents’ receiving regular physical exams and updated immunizations.

SB 381 – Relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient’s drug therapy.

SB 455 – Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental assistants, including the delegation of certain dental acts.

SB 650 – Relating to certain peace officers commissioned by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.

SB 1271 – Relating to the requirement that an orthotist or a prosthetist be licensed as a device manufacturer if fabricating or assembling without an order from certain health care professionals.

SB 1645 – Relating to the distribution of a prescription drug and a study of the feasibility of establishing separate reimbursement under the Medicaid vendor drug program for certain pharmacy care management services.

SB 1853 – Relating to disciplinary actions regarding a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee.

SB 1127 Relating to the confidentiality of test results of samples of compounded products.

2007

HB 14 Relating to reorganizing certain state institutions that provide financing for cancer research, including creating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, and information about certain cancer treatments; granting authority to issue bonds.

HB 109 Relating to eligibility for and information regarding the child health plan program.

HB 1098 Relating to immunization against human papillomavirus.

SB 1274 Relating to the compounding of a drug or device by a pharmacist.

SB 1658 Relating to the authority of a pharmacist to fill certain prescriptions in the event of a disaster.

2005

HB 120 Relating to the creation of a donor education, awareness, and registry program, the establishment of an organ donor and tissue council, and anatomical gift donation.

HB 790 Relating to the conduct of newborn screening by the Department of State Health Services.

HB 1771 Relating to the Medicaid managed care delivery system.

HB 3563 Relating to the use of anabolic steroids by public school students.

2003

HB 15 Relating to regulation of abortion; creating an offense.

HB 1090 Relating to the authority of the Texas Department on Aging to establish a prescription drug information and assistance program.

HB 1921 Relating to the immunization registry.

SB 418 Relating to the regulation and prompt payment of health care providers; providing penalties.

2001

HB 915 Relating to bulk purchasing of prescription drugs by certain state agencies.

HB 1094 Relating to the creation of a state prescription drug program for certain Medicare beneficiaries.

HB 2382 Relating to coverage under a health benefit plan for prescription contraceptive drugs and devices and related services.

SB 768 Relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain drugs.