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