H.B. No. 4455
AN ACT
relating to the provision of mental health services through a
telemedicine medical service or telehealth service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 113 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 113. MENTAL HEALTH TELEMEDICINE AND TELEHEALTH SERVICES
Sec. 113.001. DEFINITIONS. The definitions provided by
Section 111.001 apply to this chapter.
Sec. 113.002. PATIENT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF STATE.
Notwithstanding any other law, a health professional may provide a
mental health service that is within the scope of the
professional's license, certification, or authorization through
the use of a telemedicine medical service or a telehealth service to
a patient who is located outside of this state, subject to any
applicable regulation of the jurisdiction in which the patient is
located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4455 was passed by the House on May 7,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4455 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor