2017S0355-1 03/01/17
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 3406
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delegation of prescriptive authority by physicians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 157.0512, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (j-1) to read as follows:
(j-1) A physician may not request or receive remuneration
for delegating prescriptive authority to an advanced practice
registered nurse or physician assistant.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a delegation of
prescriptive authority given on or after the effective date of this
Act. A delegation given before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.