HB 1105, by Sen. Pete Flores (R) and Rep. Four Price (R), legislation that lowers the age to three years old and up for pharmacies to administer all vaccines and immunizations, is awaiting a hearing date in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. NACDS and Texas Federation of Drug Stores’ (TFDS) chain pharmacists and independent pharmacists descended on the Capitol this week to educate all 31 Senate offices on the merits of the bill, sharing a Coalition letter signed by 13 Texas organizations, and passing out several pharmacy groups one-pagers explaining the bill. Late Thursday evening, the bill was posted for an 8:00 a.m. hearing on Friday morning in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Then an hour later, the Committee Chair, Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst (R), removed the bill from the agenda because of a disagreement with Sen. Flores.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.