| 1 | 1 | | 84R10521 SCL-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Harless, Kuempel, Kacal, Geren, et al. H.B. No. 2351 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to conflicts of interest and discrimination policies for |
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| 8 | 8 | | an ethics or medical committee review of an advance directive. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 166, Health and Safety |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 166.0465 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 166.0465. ETHICS OR MEDICAL COMMITTEE POLICIES ON |
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| 13 | 13 | | CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND DISCRIMINATION. Each health care |
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| 14 | 14 | | facility that provides review by an ethics or medical committee |
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| 15 | 15 | | under Section 166.046 shall adopt and implement: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) a policy to prevent financial and health care |
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| 17 | 17 | | professional conflicts of interest that may arise during a review |
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| 18 | 18 | | under that section; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) a policy to prohibit consideration of a patient's |
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| 20 | 20 | | permanent physical or mental disability during a review under that |
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| 21 | 21 | | section unless the disability is relevant in determining whether a |
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| 22 | 22 | | medical or surgical intervention is medically appropriate. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. (a) A health care facility shall adopt the |
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| 24 | 24 | | policies required by Section 166.0465, Health and Safety Code, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | added by this Act, not later than April 1, 2016. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) The policies adopted under Section 166.0465, Health and |
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| 27 | 27 | | Safety Code, as added by this Act, apply to an ethics or medical |
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| 28 | 28 | | committee review conducted on or after April 1, 2016. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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