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| 1 | 1 | 87R5809 BEE-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Frank H.B. No. 3499 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the provision of telehealth services by health | |
| 8 | 8 | professionals located outside of this state. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 111, Occupations Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 111.009 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 111.009. HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOCATED OUTSIDE OF STATE. | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a health professional located | |
| 14 | 14 | outside of this state who holds an active and unencumbered license | |
| 15 | 15 | issued by another state may provide to a patient located in this | |
| 16 | 16 | state a telehealth service if the health professional is authorized | |
| 17 | 17 | to provide the service by the state in which the health professional | |
| 18 | 18 | is licensed. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The standard of care for a health professional who | |
| 20 | 20 | provides a telehealth service to a patient under this section is the | |
| 21 | 21 | same as the standard of care for a health professional who provides | |
| 22 | 22 | an in-person health care service to a patient. | |
| 23 | 23 | (c) A practitioner-patient relationship may be established | |
| 24 | 24 | through a telehealth service provided under this section. | |
| 25 | 25 | (d) An agency with regulatory authority over a health | |
| 26 | 26 | professional shall adopt rules to implement this section. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |