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| 1 | - | H.B. No. 387 | |
| 1 | + | By: Cortez (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 387 | |
| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019; | |
| 3 | + | April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | + | Business & Commerce; May 2, 2019, reported favorably by the | |
| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 2, 2019, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote | |
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| 9 | + | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 4 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | 11 | relating to submission of reports by an advanced practice | |
| 6 | 12 | registered nurse under the workers' compensation system. | |
| 7 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 408.025(a-1), Labor Code, is amended to | |
| 9 | 15 | read as follows: | |
| 10 | 16 | (a-1) A treating doctor may delegate to a physician | |
| 11 | 17 | assistant who is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter | |
| 12 | 18 | 204, Occupations Code, or an advanced practice registered nurse who | |
| 13 | 19 | is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter 301, | |
| 14 | 20 | Occupations Code, the authority to complete and sign a work status | |
| 15 | 21 | report regarding an injured employee's ability to return to | |
| 16 | 22 | work. The delegating treating doctor is responsible for the acts | |
| 17 | 23 | of the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse | |
| 18 | 24 | under this subsection. | |
| 19 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | |
| 20 | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 21 | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 22 | - | I certify that H.B. No. 387 was passed by the House on April | |
| 23 | - | 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not | |
| 24 | - | voting. | |
| 25 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 26 | - | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 27 | - | I certify that H.B. No. 387 was passed by the Senate on May | |
| 28 | - | 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 29 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 30 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 31 | - | APPROVED: _____________________ | |
| 32 | - | Date | |
| 33 | - | _____________________ | |
| 34 | - | Governor | |
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