87R3944 MLH-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 745
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of telehealth programs by public
schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.040 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.040. TELEHEALTH PROGRAM. (a) In this section,
"telehealth service" means a health care service delivered by a
health professional licensed, certified, or otherwise entitled to
practice in this state and acting within the scope of the health
professional's license, certification, or entitlement to a patient
at a different physical location than the health professional using
telecommunications or information technology.
(b) A school district may establish a telehealth program
through which students and employees of the district may receive
telehealth services during a school day.
(c) Telehealth services provided through a program
established under this section:
(1) must be provided at no cost to a student or
employee of the school district; and
(2) may be provided to a student only with the written
consent of the student's parent or legal guardian.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.