The Uvalde school shooting is the lead on every Sunday news talk show. We know the corporate media apparatus is filled with “journalists” who narrate events from a false premise, but still, they need to be called out when the baseline for conversation is important.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson appears on CBS with dramatic narrative engineer, Margaret Brennan, to discuss the Ulvalde, Texas school shooting and the aftermath. In the very first sentence of her lead-in context, Brennan makes three remarkably false assertions to frame the basis of a manipulated interview. [Transcript Here]
Notice the lead, “There was an armed officer assigned to the elementary school in Uvalde [FALSE]. And then you had a police force response [FALSE], where they did not confront the shooter who was carrying an AR-15 [FALSE].” There was no armed officer present, there was no police force response, and the shooter was not carrying an AR-15. From there the dramatic acting of Margaret Breann begins.
Notice Brennan later shifts to “AR-15 styled” weapon after making the false initial claim. Then uses the term “semi-automatic”, as if that is some description of a more deadly firearm, rather than describing a singular bullet from each pull of the trigger. …”But then there’s this AR-15 style weapon, semi automatic not that good for hunting. The bullets travel three times the speed of sound, they literally blow bodies apart. […] Why not raise the minimum age of purchase to 21 from 18?”
It’s a scam,,a set-up,,,red flag if you will…18 year olds do not have that sort of cash,,,how do you know the chump is only 18? Where was he born?birth certificate anybody??? where is the father?all I’m saying is that this is bull s**it!!
This shooting is too far over the top in UGLY.
We now have the TREEHOUSE and other conservative blogs who are busy 24/7 and the msm can not keep up the lies.
We know from their reporting that this was one ugly mess and could have and should have been nipped in the bud long before this evil piece of crap kid shot his grandma in the face.
A totally DYSFUNCTIONAL response from everyone in authority every step of the way!
A: A loser teenager working in Wendy’s buys $5,000 to $10,000 worth of AR-15 rifles, a Glock pistol, scopes, body armor and 500 rounds of 5.56 ammo. Parents and grandparents do not notify Police.
B: Loser teenager shoots grandmother in the face, drives off in his truck and crashed in front of Uvalde Elementary School. Police not called.
C: Loser teenager spends the next 15 minutes after crashing truck in front of the Uvalde Elementary shooting at people across the street by a funeral home and shooting at the school building. No police arrive while he’s outside the school building.
D: School officials see, hear and understand that a crazed gunman is outside the school shooting at people but no school official, principal, guidance counselor, teacher or custodian bothered to lock the school door. Isn’t that the first thing you do?
E: Uvalde Police had 30 minutes at least from shooting the grandmother to dozens of people calling 911 to get to the school before the shooter entered the building. No police arrive!
F: Uvalde Police were inside the school building knowing that children were shot and bleeding to death but waited…waited forever never entering the classroom knowing that children were bleeding out until the Border Patrol Officer killed the shooter.
So, why is the first thing Mitch McConnell wants to do is to assault my 2nd Amendment Constitutional rights because of the total incompetence and DYSFUNCTION of an entire Hispanic run town government in Texas?
Uvalde police had a drill at the school 2 MONTHS before the attack.
They followed most effective protocols of confronting shooter -but only during the drill.
Are we dealing with Mexican Police who just happened to live in Texas?
The Mexican Police probably would have taken care of business much sooner.
Mexicans run South Texas, so yes.
Keystone Kops?
You forgot the warning from female online gamer to authorities that this kid threatened to do exactly what he did. Nobody cared.
I still have not deen anyone say whether Ramos was undergoing psychopharmaceutical treatment. Usually when we hear of clearly deranged gunmen, something either affirming or denyimg comes out quickly.
Someone who at his online hangout was already well known as the “Yubo School Shooter” before he detonated must have attracted attention in real life from SOMEONE. Was that why he had (reportedly) been kicked out of school?
SO, who was providing what psychoactive meds to this kid.
Federal marshals were there along with Uvalde police and actively restrained and/or pepper sprayed parents wanting to go rescue their kids. Who gave the order for those leos to stand down and let the kids and teachers bleed to death? The left will justify the deaths of many more innocent children to achieve their goal of disarming the masses. Look at what Trudeau just proposed for Canada…that’ll be coming our way too. O’Biden already talking limiting 9mm ammo. If he wants a fight, he’ll get one over the 2A.
After one week, the change in stories and unanswered questions is getting close to the Las Vegas shooting smell test. Not one person in government would be effected by gun restrictions. All have security. Same as none of them are effected by increase in gas costs or food costs. We pay for them.
The father claims his “baby man” was bullied and that was the mom’s fault since she would not buy him another pair of pants. The father says he was out of picture because he was afraid of COVID. Each of the previous 16 years had a different excuse. How does a 18 year old come up with $2000 for the rifle when he could not buy a pair of pants?
They are completely dysfunctional people. Nothing they do will make any sense to you!
Grandfather claims that he is a convicted felon.
No doubt about that!
Grandfather claimed the boy moved in with them last March…slept on the living room floor until grandfather got up then kid moved into bedroom and spent most of the day in the bedroom…claimed he knew nothing of the guns that were purchased…claimed there was no fight between grandson and grandmother before he shot her in the face..claimed the kid did not know how to drive…claimed the FBI turned the house upside down when searched and family members cleaned up the blood from..the shooting..the house was tiny and very cluttered..it didn’t look like someone turned it upside down ..this was filmed and reported by an independent journalist and aired on Fox.
The way I have read other articles on this Steve is, that punk bought 2 AR’S and over 500 rounds of ammo, some 20 magazines and a vest. All totaled in excess of $6000. So yes, your premise is right that SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE helped this kid with this….
The Federal Bureau of Instigation?
Nobody is asking how this kid got the cash for this! Driving a newer Ford F-150 and something like $10K in weapons and all the bells and whistles! Something stinks in Denmark and I live in Pa. The odor is pretty putrid!!
There is nothing to see here , move along. Funny how you never hear a politician asking these questions.
It was Granny’s truck?
Your other points are valid.
I read somewhere that the truck belonged to his Grandmother…the one he just shot in the face. The teachers unions and school administrators that have been pushing the transgender garbage are responsible. Just one of millions of kids they’ve screwed up. The kids’s home life with his parents….single Mom, absent Dad…sounds like a hot mess. So many things wrong in his life.
Im with your, this whole ulvalde school shooting smells to high heaven, so many things had to go wrong for this guy to be successful, it does not make sense. Shooter shows up when their is No officer on site, why and how did he know, No actions taken by authorities when this guy stood outside of the school building shooting at it for 12 minutes before entering it, why, Deliberate action taken to rigged the only door into the school to remain open just minutes before he approaches that door, why. With this kids background was he picked out of the crowd, groomed and given a plan, It looks and feels to me like it was all planned out. d-rats creating chaos and division in our country, first it was abortion, now guns, only time will tell what they will cook up next, prior to an elections that will destroy them and they are doing everything they can to prevent it. d-rats need chaos and division, they are evil and corrupt. liars, haters, cheaters, deniers, intimidators, manipulators and complete and total hypocrites, it is the d-rat way
I recall the days when I used to get up early on Sunday to watch these fake narrative shows. Sleeping in is much more therapeutic. 😁
If I might make a suggestion, Magabear, going to worship on Sunday morning will do you more long term good than sleeping in.
I’m with you Bear.
I quit watching the propaganda shows when Tim Russert was spewing it!
When the Clinton Communication Director got the job of lying through his teeth; I knew TV news was anything but!
After a lifetime of listening to bald faced lies from these people, I refuse to listen to another word drooling out of those gapping maws. This is the spirit of Leviathan, the twisting serpent which twists facts into lies and truths into blasphemy. Everyone of them is a tool of Satan.
I know what you mean Paca.
Tucker Carlson seems to be trying to do something but FOX is a nasty piece of work and I am not sure even he can save it after this.
Tucker is controlled opposition…
Yes. He never even hints at the possibility of our government staging some of these incidents, no matter how much evidence supports it.
Yes, he was very subtle, but he did…that is my take onhis reporting
I’m waiting for Tucker to one day on air just throw his notes in the air and state “I can’t do this anymore”..lol
This story needs to be spread far and wide.
Corporate media ignores armed woman stopping mass murderer because it betrays their precious gun control narrative .. Naturally, manic Beto O’Rourke fabricates outrage over dead children for political relevance with sleazy McConnell and his ilk foaming at the mouth assaulting 2nd Amendment rights.
https://beckernews.com/gun-toting-west-virginia-woman-stops-man-with-ar-15-from-carrying-out-mass-shooting-at-a-birthday-party-45140/
So True Paca. The only thing we can be sure of is that the event did not happen as the official government story says it happened. We have seen this time after time. Everything the government asserts is fake and gay in at least some important way.
I agree….this is God’s war. He is exposing all the evil. I pray scales will fall off the eyes of those unbelievers.
Mach 3 bullets? WTF?
God bless our USBP and BORTAC Agents.
#HonorFirst
Yep, about mach 3.
3250 fps for a .223 round.
Mach 3 Has a better ring to it
Yeah. Now they’re marketing…
You’re mistaken. Most “off the shelf”, FMJ .223 ammo is around 2600 fps max. Mach 3 at that altitude is around 3500 fps.
Military grade 5.56×45 is 3,250 FPS with approx 50,000 PSI chamber pressure. Commercial .223 might reach 2600-2800 FPS with about 40,000 PSI.
The lower pressure of commercial .223 is why AR15 mfgrs use oversize gas ports. In this way, their $2000-$4000 AR15 will function with commercial ammo (weaker), as well as full power ammo; and customers can’t complain their new expensive toys don’t work (with cheap ammo).
Shooting mil grade 5.56 through an over overgassed rifle is not enjoyable. Even less so suppressed.
You missed my point.
Thank you, Sundance, for taking one for the team. We no longer watch any news shows on Sunday mornings. We don’t feel slighted in the least.
Sunday Talks, CBS Margaret Brennan Begins Interview with False Claim Framework About Ulvalde (hoax) School Shooting
fixed
Why not raise the age of military service to 21 as well.
Because as it is only 25% of eligible recruits are capable enough to get in.
Or at least the age of voting. A kid not old enough to have an AR-15 sure isn’t old enough to choose who controls the nuke arsenal!
Raise the voting age back to 21 as well.
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Ooooh (with emotion now) an… aaY R 15!!!!!
Many issues here piss me off, but one “little” “easy” “solution” enrages me: preventing (with emotion now) 18-year-olds (!) from purchasing firearms.
Can we get some perspective please? Laws discriminating against millions of law-abiding adult citizens because of their age (and IMO this also applies to drinking laws, like it or not) are unconstitutional.
That is denying an arbitrarily-defined demographic group equal protection because (let’s get real) a relative handful of persons in that group did something bad.
(And was the Las Vegas shooter a teenager?)
If you think that it’s okay to discriminate against millions of people because they happen to share a characteristic with a handful of criminals, then I think perhaps you could do a little better. Perhaps you would like to ban all black males under age 40 from owning firearms. That would encompass a demographic group that commits a majority of violent and gun-related crimes. Or how about “hispanics”? Group no. 2 on the criminality list.
No? This is wrong? Then what the hell is with this shforbrains shrieking to discriminate against the demographic group that is most likely to get yanked into the front lines as cannon fodder.
Sick of this irrational thinking.
Speaking of irrational… when is there going to be 24/7 screaming by the media against the tens of thousands who were murdered by Covid political and medical malpractice?
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How about this:
Until they are 21 years of age:
No guns
No alcohol
No voting
No driving after 10pm
How ’bout NO!!!!
Democrats want 16 year olds to vote, and 6 year olds to determine their own gender.
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I think you missed my point?
It is unconstitutional. Either 18 is a legal adult — across the board — or not.
Otherwise, you are plucking out a group of people based on some identity factor that they share with others, and denying them equal protection of the law. To the extent this already is done here and there, it’s still wrong.
If today it’s okay to do this based on young age, then one day maybe it will be okay to do it based on old age, or… some other arbitrary status: race, religion, ethnicity, family structure, political bent…
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Oh, I don’t disagree at all. Just pointing out the options.
After 10pm for work and school functions only.
Hmmmm….should we not allow voting or military service until the person is 21?
Democrats are for letting 16 yr olds vote.
We need to use our guns to protect the children of Ukraine
But we need to destroy our guns to protect the children of USA
Not an unusual globalist dynamic
This is what Al Jazeera thinks of Stetson Hats:
Uvalde shooting: The cowards in Stetsons (msn.com)
I suspect Al Jazeera of trying to start something, like a race war.
I thought the Texas cops with Stetson hats looked ridiculous when you consider that everyone of them is a coward.
All hat and no cowboy.
all hat and no cattle. Faux cowboy. I’d love me some John Wayne justice!
Border Patrol Agents (used to) wear cowboy hats. They weren’t cowards. BORTAC wasn’t any way.
#HonorFirst
Agree!
It’s not the hat it’s the Cowboy!
We protect the President with guns
We protect Congressmen and Congresswomen with guns
We protect CEO’s with guns
We protect star athletes with guns
We protect star performers with guns
We protect banks with guns
We protect airlines with guns
SCHOOLS ARE A GUN FREE ZONE. What an invitation for a crazed person that wants their 15 minutes of fame. We should protect our kids.
We can give 40 billion to Ukraine.
What can we give to protect our kids with guns?
Maybe police offers are not willing to die for a mere kid.
Maybe they think of children are worth – less.
The X-Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson appears on CBS. Wonder why he is now X.
Not one question, I have heard, that was put to the Uvalde School Psychologist (NASP). Why?
A Statement from Riverview School District Regarding the Uvalde, Texas Tragedy
As we continue to process the senseless tragedy from yesterday in Uvalde, Texas, at Robb Elementary School, we grieve with those who have suffered immeasurable loss. The school shooting that occurred yesterday has become an all-too common story, with many people again shaken at such upsetting and heartbreaking news.
The Uvalde tragedy will be discussed, shared about, and posted about in the days and weeks to come. We recognize that students will hear this news and have questions, and perhaps feel anxiety, be worried, or even fearful in coming to school. Some of this may be enhanced by social media and exposure to local and national news. Riverview School District would like to share some resources that may help parents and families have those important conversations with their children.
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has published a tip sheet and infographic, “Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers.” These are available for downloading, by clicking the links below:
“Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers”
“Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers Infographic”
In Riverview, we have focused our efforts on prioritizing the safety of all our students and staff. Current and ongoing steps taken include:
Staffing of an SSO (School Safety Officer), who oversees Carnation Elementary, Stillwater Elementary, and Riverview Learning Center; an additional SSO, dedicated to Tolt Middle School; an SRO (School Resource Officer) overseeing Cedarcrest High School and Eagle Rock Multi-Age School; and coverage from Duvall Police Department at Cherry Valley Elementary.
Continuing, ongoing partnerships with Duvall Police Department, the King County Sheriff’s Office, Duvall Fire, Eastside Fire and Rescue, both cities, and additional volunteer organizations and groups dedicated to community safety. The district’s Emergency Management Committee meets semiannually, while each school’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) sub-committee meets regularly.
Renewed contracts with Larch Counseling and Unified Counseling, providing ongoing mental health supports for students who may need external counseling services.
Internal promotion of access and availability of Canopy, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff members.
Implementation of ALICE Training for administrators, staff, and students in all schools, and hosting of community information nights for families.
Here are additional resources for parents and families, which may prove helpful:
How to Talk About School Shootings (Common Sense Media)
Talking to Kids About Tragedies (National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement)
How to Talk to Children About Shootings: An Age-by-Age Guide (Today.com)
Students are encouraged to contact their school counselor, principal, or any trusted adult, should they need a place to turn for additional help.
Thank you for your ongoing support as we continue to work together, as a community, in keeping our schools safe places for learning.
https://www.rsd407.org/post/a-statement-from-riverview-school-district-regarding-the-uvalde-texas-tragedy
How about just locking the school entrance door when there’s a crazed teenager outside the school shooting at passersby for 15 minutes before he decides to come in and shoot kids?
Why has no-one asked about H.B. No. 1462 since it seems to allow psychologists to prescribe medication?
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1462
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prescriptive authority of certain psychologists;
authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.002, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
(2-a) “Prescription drug” and “prescription drug
order” have the meanings assigned by Section 551.003.
SECTION 2. Section 501.003(a)(1), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) “Practice of psychology” means:
(A) the observation, description, diagnosis,
evaluation, assessment, interpretation, or treatment of and
intervention in human behavior by applying education, training,
methods, and procedures for the purpose of:
(i) preventing, predicting, treating,
remediating, or eliminating:
(a) symptomatic, maladaptive, or
undesired behavior;
(b) emotional, interpersonal,
learning, substance use, neuropsychological, cognitive, or
behavioral disorders or disabilities, including those that
accompany medical problems; or
(c) mental illness;
(ii) evaluating, assessing, or
facilitating, by a license holder or a person who represents the
person to the public by a title or description of services that
includes the word “psychological,” “psychologist,” or
“psychology,” the enhancement of individual, group, or
organizational effectiveness, including evaluating, assessing, or
facilitating:
(a) personal effectiveness;
(b) adaptive behavior;
(c) interpersonal relationships;
(d) academic, vocational, and life
adjustment;
(e) health; or
(f) individual, group, or
organizational performance;
(iii) providing psychological,
neuropsychological, and psychoeducational evaluation, therapy, and
remediation as well as counseling, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy,
hypnosis, and biofeedback; or
(iv) consulting with others, including
other mental health professionals, physicians, school personnel,
or organizations within the scope of the provider’s competency and
training with respect to services provided for a specific
individual; [or]
(B) action taken under the authority granted by a
prescriptive authority certificate issued under Section 501.353;
or
(C) the supervision of an activity or service
described by Paragraph (A) or (B).
SECTION 3. Section 501.051(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) To ensure adequate representation on the board of the
diverse fields of psychology, the governor in making appointments
under Subsection (a)(1) shall appoint:
(1) at least two members who provide psychological
services, at least one of whom holds a prescriptive authority
certificate issued under Section 501.353;
(2) at least one member who conducts research in the
field of psychology; and
(3) at least one member who teaches as a member of the
faculty of a psychological training institution.
SECTION 4. Subchapter D, Chapter 501, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.163 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.163. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRESCRIPTIVE
AUTHORITY. (a) The board shall appoint an advisory committee on
prescriptive authority for psychologists.
(a-1) Effective September 1, 2021, the advisory committee
consists of six members as follows:
(1) three members who each hold a prescriptive
authority certificate issued under Section 501.353;
(2) one member who is a psychiatrist;
(3) one member who is a pediatrician; and
(4) one member who represents the public.
(a-2) This subsection and Subsection (a-1) expire September
1, 2022.
(b) Effective September 1, 2022, the advisory committee
consists of six members as follows:
(1) five members who each hold a prescriptive
authority certificate issued under Section 501.353; and
(2) one member who represents the public.
(c) The advisory committee shall make recommendations to
the board regarding the regulation of psychologists who hold
prescriptive authority certificates issued under Section 501.353,
including recommendations concerning board rules to establish:
(1) eligibility requirements; and
(2) standards of practice for certificate holders.
(d) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the
composition or duration of the advisory committee.
SECTION 5. Section 507.157, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
(b) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require
that, of the minimum number of hours of continuing education
required to renew a license as a psychologist, half of that number
of hours or 10 hours, whichever is less, must be in the areas of
pharmacology and pathophysiology if the psychologist holds a
prescriptive authority certificate.
SECTION 6. Subchapter H, Chapter 501, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Sections 501.353 and 501.354 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.353. PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY CERTIFICATE. (a) The
board shall issue a prescriptive authority certificate to a
psychologist who:
(1) meets the eligibility requirements of Subsection
(b);
(2) submits an application on a form prescribed by the
board;
(3) has not, in the two-year period preceding the date
of the application, had a prescriptive authority certificate
revoked; and
(4) pays the fee set by the board.
(b) To be eligible for a prescriptive authority certificate
a psychologist must:
(1) have completed a training program in
psychopharmacology from an institution of higher education or a
provider of continuing education approved by the board that
includes instruction in:
(A) basic life sciences;
(B) neuroscience;
(C) clinical and research pharmacology and
psychopharmacology;
(D) clinical pathophysiology;
(E) physical assessments and laboratory
examinations;
(F) clinical pharmacotherapeutics; and
(G) ethical and legal issues relevant to
prescriptive authority and associated research;
(2) pass a nationally recognized examination approved
by the board in the area of prescriptive authority; and
(3) provide evidence of professional liability
coverage.
(c) A psychologist who holds a prescriptive authority
certificate is authorized to:
(1) issue a prescription drug order;
(2) administer or dispense a prescription drug;
(3) order tests commonly associated with monitoring
the use of prescription drugs; and
(4) represent that the psychologist holds a
prescriptive authority certificate.
(d) The authority of a psychologist to issue a prescription
drug order or administer or dispense a prescription drug under a
prescriptive authority certificate is limited to a drug or device
related to the diagnosis, treatment, or management of emotional,
interpersonal, learning, substance use, neuropsychological,
cognitive, or behavioral disorders or disabilities, or mental
illness. A prescriptive authority certificate does not authorize
the prescribing, administering, or dispensing of an opioid.
(e) A psychologist who holds a prescriptive authority
certificate may only practice under the supervision of a physician
or a psychologist who meets the requirements of Section 501.354
until the certificate holder satisfies the supervised experience
requirement of that section.
(f) The board shall adopt rules to protect the health of
patients by requiring a psychologist who holds a prescriptive
authority certificate to notify a patient’s primary care physician
or provider, if any, before the psychologist:
(1) issues a prescription drug order for a drug or
otherwise changes the type or dosage of any drug prescribed for the
patient; or
(2) administers or dispenses a prescription drug to
the patient.
(g) A primary care provider is not liable for an act of a
psychologist acting under a prescriptive authority certificate
based solely on the provider receiving a notification under
Subsection (f).
Sec. 501.354. REQUIRED SUPERVISED EXPERIENCE FOR
PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY CERTIFICATE HOLDER. (a) Not later than the
second anniversary of the date of issuance of a prescriptive
authority certificate, the psychologist who holds the certificate
must complete at least 2,000 hours of practice under the authority
of the certificate treating not less than 100 patients under the
supervision of a physician or a psychologist who has maintained a
prescriptive authority certificate for the three years preceding
the date the supervision began. The supervision must be under a
written agreement approved by the board that requires periodic
meetings between the psychologist and supervising provider.
(b) A physician or psychologist may not at any time
supervise under this section more than the full-time equivalent of
seven psychologists.
(c) Unless the supervising provider has reason to believe
the psychologist lacked the competency to perform the act, a
supervising provider is not liable for an act of a psychologist
solely because the provider entered into an agreement to supervise
the psychologist.
(d) The board shall revoke the prescriptive authority
certificate of a psychologist who does not complete the supervised
experience as required by Subsection (a).
SECTION 7. Section 481.002(39), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(39) “Practitioner” means:
(A) a physician, dentist, veterinarian,
podiatrist, scientific investigator, psychologist, or other person
licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute,
dispense, analyze, conduct research with respect to, or administer
a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or
research in this state;
(B) a pharmacy, hospital, or other institution
licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute,
dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer a
controlled substance in the course of professional practice or
research in this state;
(C) a person practicing in and licensed by
another state as a physician, dentist, veterinarian, psychologist,
or podiatrist, having a current Federal Drug Enforcement
Administration registration number, who may legally prescribe
Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances in that state; or
(D) an advanced practice registered nurse or
physician assistant to whom a physician has delegated the authority
to prescribe or order a drug or device under Section 157.0511,
157.0512, or 157.054, Occupations Code.
SECTION 8. Section 481.073(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Only a practitioner defined by Section 481.002(39)(A)
and an agent designated in writing by the practitioner in
accordance with rules adopted by the board may communicate a
prescription by telephone. A pharmacy that receives a
telephonically communicated prescription shall promptly write the
prescription and file and retain the prescription in the manner
required by this subchapter. A practitioner who designates an
agent to communicate prescriptions shall maintain the written
designation of the agent in the practitioner’s usual place of
business and shall make the designation available for inspection by
investigators for the Texas Medical Board, the State Board of
Dental Examiners, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners,
the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, the board, and
the department. A practitioner who designates a different agent
shall designate that agent in writing and maintain the designation
in the same manner in which the practitioner initially designated
an agent under this section.
SECTION 9. Section 481.074(d), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Except as specified in Subsections (e) and (f), the
board, by rule and in consultation with the Texas Medical Board and
the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, shall
establish the period after the date on which the prescription is
issued that a person may fill a prescription for a controlled
substance listed in Schedule II. A person may not refill a
prescription for a substance listed in Schedule II.
SECTION 10. Sections 481.076(a) and (c), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The board may not permit any person to have access to
information submitted to the board under Section 481.074(q) or
481.075 except:
(1) the board, the Texas Medical Board, the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation [State Board of Podiatric
Medical Examiners], the State Board of Dental Examiners, the State
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, the Texas Board of Nursing,
[or] the Texas Optometry Board, or the Texas State Board of
Examiners of Psychologists for the purpose of:
(A) investigating a specific license holder; or
(B) monitoring for potentially harmful
prescribing or dispensing patterns or practices under Section
481.0762;
(2) an authorized officer or member of the department
or authorized employee of the board engaged in the administration,
investigation, or enforcement of this chapter or another law
governing illicit drugs in this state or another state;
(3) the department on behalf of a law enforcement or
prosecutorial official engaged in the administration,
investigation, or enforcement of this chapter or another law
governing illicit drugs in this state or another state;
(4) a medical examiner conducting an investigation;
(5) provided that accessing the information is
authorized under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) and regulations
adopted under that Act:
(A) a pharmacist or a pharmacy technician, as
defined by Section 551.003, Occupations Code, acting at the
direction of a pharmacist; or
(B) a practitioner who:
(i) is a physician, dentist, veterinarian,
podiatrist, optometrist, psychologist, or advanced practice nurse
or is a physician assistant described by Section 481.002(39)(D) or
an employee or other agent of a practitioner acting at the direction
of a practitioner; and
(ii) is inquiring about a recent Schedule
II, III, IV, or V prescription history of a particular patient of
the practitioner;
(6) a pharmacist or practitioner who is inquiring
about the person’s own dispensing or prescribing activity; or
(7) one or more states or an association of states with
which the board has an interoperability agreement, as provided by
Subsection (j).
(c) The board by rule shall design and implement a system
for submission of information to the board by electronic or other
means and for retrieval of information submitted to the board under
this section and Sections 481.074 and 481.075. The board shall use
automated information security techniques and devices to preclude
improper access to the information. The board shall submit the
system design to the director, [and] the Texas Medical Board, and
the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists for review and
comment a reasonable time before implementation of the system and
shall comply with the comments of those agencies unless it is
unreasonable to do so.
SECTION 11. Section 483.001(12), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(12) “Practitioner” means:
(A) a person:
(i) licensed or certified by the Texas
Medical Board, State Board of Dental Examiners, [Texas State Board
of Podiatric Medical Examiners,] Texas Optometry Board, Texas State
Board of Examiners of Psychologists, or State Board of Veterinary
Medical Examiners to prescribe and administer dangerous drugs; or
(ii) licensed by the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation, with respect to podiatry, to prescribe
and administer dangerous drugs;
(B) a person licensed by another state in a
health field in which, under the laws of this state, a licensee may
legally prescribe dangerous drugs;
(C) a person licensed in Canada or Mexico in a
health field in which, under the laws of this state, a licensee may
legally prescribe dangerous drugs; or
(D) an advanced practice registered nurse or
physician assistant to whom a physician has delegated the authority
to prescribe or order a drug or device under Section 157.0511,
157.0512, or 157.054, Occupations Code.
SECTION 12. Sections 576.025(b), (c), (e), and (f), Health
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) Consent to the administration of psychoactive
medication given by a patient or by a person authorized by law to
consent on behalf of the patient is valid only if:
(1) the consent is given voluntarily and without
coercive or undue influence;
(2) the treating physician, a treating psychologist
who holds a prescriptive authority certificate, or a person
designated by the physician or psychologist, provided the following
information, in a standard format approved by the department, to
the patient and, if applicable, to the patient’s representative
authorized by law to consent on behalf of the patient:
(A) the specific condition to be treated;
(B) the beneficial effects on that condition
expected from the medication;
(C) the probable health and mental health
consequences of not consenting to the medication;
(D) the probable clinically significant side
effects and risks associated with the medication;
(E) the generally accepted alternatives to the
medication, if any, and why the physician or psychologist
recommends that they be rejected; and
(F) the proposed course of the medication;
(3) the patient and, if appropriate, the patient’s
representative authorized by law to consent on behalf of the
patient is informed in writing that consent may be revoked; and
(4) the consent is evidenced in the patient’s clinical
record by a signed form prescribed by the facility or by a statement
of the [treating] physician or psychologist described by
Subdivision (2), or a person designated by the physician or the
psychologist, that documents that consent was given by the
appropriate person and the circumstances under which the consent
was obtained.
(c) If the [treating] physician or psychologist described
by Subsection (b)(2) designates another person to provide the
information under Subsection (b), then, not later than two working
days after that person provides the information, excluding weekends
and legal holidays, the physician or psychologist shall meet with
the patient and, if appropriate, the patient’s representative who
provided the consent, to review the information and answer any
questions.
(e) In prescribing psychoactive medication, a [treating]
physician or psychologist described by Subsection (b)(2) shall:
(1) prescribe, consistent with clinically appropriate
medical care, the medication that has the fewest side effects or the
least potential for adverse side effects, unless the class of
medication has been demonstrated or justified not to be effective
clinically; and
(2) administer the smallest therapeutically
acceptable dosages of medication for the patient’s condition.
(f) If a physician or psychologist described by Subsection
(b)(2) issues an order to administer psychoactive medication to a
patient without the patient’s consent because the patient is having
a medication-related emergency:
(1) the physician or psychologist shall document in
the patient’s clinical record in specific medical or behavioral
terms the necessity of the order and that the physician or
psychologist has evaluated but rejected other generally accepted,
less intrusive forms of treatment, if any; and
(2) treatment of the patient with the psychoactive
medication shall be provided in the manner, consistent with
clinically appropriate medical care, least restrictive of the
patient’s personal liberty.
SECTION 13. Section 301.002(2), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) “Professional nursing” means the performance of an
act that requires substantial specialized judgment and skill, the
proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application
of the principles of biological, physical, and social science as
acquired by a completed course in an approved school of
professional nursing. The term does not include acts of medical
diagnosis or the prescription of therapeutic or corrective
measures. Professional nursing involves:
(A) the observation, assessment, intervention,
evaluation, rehabilitation, care and counsel, or health teachings
of a person who is ill, injured, infirm, or experiencing a change in
normal health processes;
(B) the maintenance of health or prevention of
illness;
(C) the administration of a medication or
treatment as ordered by a health care practitioner legally
authorized to prescribe the medication or treatment [physician,
podiatrist, or dentist];
(D) the supervision or teaching of nursing;
(E) the administration, supervision, and
evaluation of nursing practices, policies, and procedures;
(F) the requesting, receiving, signing for, and
distribution of prescription drug samples to patients at practices
at which an advanced practice registered nurse is authorized to
sign prescription drug orders as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter
157;
(G) the performance of an act delegated by a
physician under Section 157.0512, 157.054, 157.058, or 157.059; and
(H) the development of the nursing care plan.
SECTION 14. Section 551.003(34), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(34) “Practitioner” means:
(A) a person licensed, certified, or registered
to prescribe, distribute, administer, or dispense a prescription
drug or device in the course of professional practice in this state,
including a physician, dentist, podiatrist, psychologist, or
veterinarian but excluding a person licensed under this subtitle;
(B) a person licensed by another state, Canada,
or the United Mexican States in a health field in which, under the
law of this state, a license or certificate holder in this state may
legally prescribe a dangerous drug;
(C) a person practicing in another state and
licensed by another state as a physician, dentist, veterinarian,
psychologist, or podiatrist, who has a current federal Drug
Enforcement Administration registration number and who may legally
prescribe a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance, as
specified under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in that other
state; or
(D) an advanced practice registered nurse or
physician assistant to whom a physician has delegated the authority
to prescribe or order a drug or device under Section 157.0511,
157.0512, or 157.054.
SECTION 15. Section 501.051(b), Occupations Code, as
amended by this Act, does not affect the entitlement of a member
serving on the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue to
serve for the remainder of the member’s term. With the first
appointment of a member described by Section 501.051(a)(1),
Occupations Code, to be made by the governor on or after the
effective date of this Act, the governor shall appoint a member to
the board who has the qualifications required by Section
501.051(b), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 16. (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall appoint members of
the advisory committee in accordance with Section 501.163(a-1),
Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Not later than June 1, 2022, the advisory committee
shall make initial recommendations to the Texas State Board of
Examiners of Psychologists as described by Section 501.163(c),
Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
(c) Not later than December 1, 2024, the Texas State Board
of Examiners of Psychologists shall appoint members to the advisory
committee so that the composition of the committee complies with
Section 501.163(b), Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 17. Not later than September 1, 2022, the Texas
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall adopt rules and
procedures necessary to implement Sections 501.353 and 501.354,
Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 18. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01462I.htm
Why not raise the minimum age of purchase to 21 from 18?”
Very simply, because we know it will get your foot in the door, Margaret, and you won’t stop until all gun rights are lost.
Actually, that’s not the reason. 18-year-old boys go off to war and kill people, and 18-year-old men come back and are told they can not have weapons. This has not and will not ever work.
They already have have both feet and the camel’s nose in the door, Margaret. As long as the FIB gives them trucks, ammo, body armor, and the rifles plus encouragement our rights are null and void.
We need facts before “solutions”. Hutchinson’s version of facts is usually tied to his donor list.
Snakes in the grass.
Outlawing firearms is one thing. Confiscating them is the real issue. Who is going to volunteer for that job? The ‘hero’ Uvalde Swat team? Or their equivalent in Anytown, USA? Folks who wish to be alive to collect their pensions? In actuality there are very few door kickers for such tasks. Who else? The Christopher Wray take a knee fibbers? They get local LE for that job then take credit. The military? Their real warriors are leaving in droves b/c of clot shot requirements or having to learn new pronouns. No, it will become much as Aleksandr Solzhenitsen wrote, “How we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?”
Who is going to risk their own lives for the sake of the ilk that has been installed in power? Who? And a what cost?
Don’t worry. Your local PD and State Police will be glad to do it. When it comes to county Sheriffs, if you live in an urban or suburban area, they will most likely join in on the fun. And then there’s the military, which has been pretty much castrated at this point.
It’s going to get ugly in some areas, others will just be rolled over.
Where I live that is highly unlikely and the Sheriff or the local PD closer in town won’t touch it and have demonstrated so in the recent past. They are part of the community. To do otherwise would be unwise. It won’t be a airsoft game. Real people, real guns.
Already decided that I will not comply. They can come and kill me. I am sure they will be delighted to do so.
In CT after the shooting at the Sandy Hook school, CT passed “gun control” law that made thousands of CT residents instantaneous felons if they did not register their “high capacity” magazines and ARs having more than one outlawed feature. Less than 2000 CT residents complied with the new law. Nothing happened…..absolutely nothing…I know…I lived there. FYI….CT changed law regarding their Sheriffs….they are no longer elected…they are appointed by the governor, etc. There is no guarantee this can’t happen elsewhere.
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-10-15-0010151350-story.html
the good news is no one watches these sunday morning talk shows except shut-ins and conservative media for story leads.
New York SLIMES Clowns itself….
Here’s a response…
I read that Ramos lied on his ATF form. That’s breaking the law.
HATE…MARGARET…BRENNAN!!!
Was the perp or his “parents” DACA illegals? Why is that info being suppressed?
(rhetorical questions)
Biden heckled by locals in Uvalde.
Asa Hutchison is a wet-noodle of a beta-boy RINO loser.
A bipartisan group of governors to solve a problem? How does one work with a member of a party that seeks to destroy everything good about this nation. “Reach across the isle”-a classic recipe for defeat. RHINO’s have perfected the art of it.
I know… why not let the loony kids that the communist institutions have created decide their “gender” in grade school, be “sex workers” in middle school & vote at age 16? But don’t let them buy long guns at 18. They’re not mature enough until they’re 21.
Oh wait… that was/is the communist dunces idea.
Why people continue to expose themselves to these moronic, pathological liars is beyond comprehension.
Pure evil.
It’s amazing that these “journalists” turn into ballistics experts in the blink of an eye
Follow the money.
republicans are falling all over themselves to ‘work’ with Dems. SEE how this work. THEY ALWAYS cave and Dems always win.
McCarthy and McConnell will lead the way…
NOTHING will ever improve/change in DC UNTIL McCarthy and McConnell are NOT the leaders…Yet, we can NEVER get anyone NOT to vote for them. Elect anyone you want and THEY ALWAYS support them.
If there were ever a time to be doubtful of what we are expected to believe, it is this shooting situation. I simply DO NOT believe one word we are being told about this. TOO many red flags in this whole ordeal.
Many pertinent truths in comments, but I can’t get past the part where FBI became engaged with the shooter a couple years ago for his threats to shoot up a school. We have seen other operations where FBI has engaged and manipulated people to do what the feds want to portray to effect gov intentions. I hope someone runs the source of this poor kids finances to ground.
Poor as in moneyless, not simpathetic to him at all.
Let me see if I have this straight?
The Left thinks it is wonderful for prepubescent children to decide what sex they are, to be given drugs that are likely to have serious health issues in the future, and to have mutilating surgeries; because of their “feelings”? They want a 16-year-old to be able to vote?
But an 18-year-old; that is considered an adult in respect to voting, the courts, the Selective Service, and subject to the draft cannot be allowed to buy a cigarette, a beer, or a hunting rifle?
When did our cultural sanity go missing?
ALL our MSM media are actually owned by TWO corporations that have a monopoly and do not act in America’s best interest or report the news FACTUALLY. This monopoly violates our laws on anti-monopoly and anti-trust and MUST be broken up and our media returned to AMERICAN ownership and control. Now we have Blackrock and Vanguard deciding what our news will be!
Mental health issues? NO! It’s bad parenting and that’s where the weakest link resides. Fix that and we get our country back, but it will take years.
Yes! Children should be armed and trained! We learned that lesson again in a Texas school a few days ago. That way they would have a fighting chance.
“To preserve liberty, it is ESSENTIAL that the WHOLE BODY of the people ALWAYS possess arms and be TAUGHT alike, ESPECIALLY when YOUNG, how to use them.” — Richard Henry Lee
“The Uvalde school shooting is the lead on every Sunday news talk show. ”
Here’s how they pull this crap…..
Everything preceding Brennan’s statements on legal age I dismiss as she is building on a false narrative, but I personally don’t have a problem with raising the legal age to purchase to 21. There are some character building or defining maturity decisions made soon after grade school as one enters the “real world.”