Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R9837 BEE-F
2	2	By: Blanco S.B. No. 1705
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to continuing education requirements for physicians and
8	8	nurses regarding human trafficking.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 156.060, Occupations Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 156.060. CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING THE
13	13	IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS [IN HUMAN
14	14	TRAFFICKING PREVENTION]. (a) This section applies only to a
15	15	physician who designates a direct patient care practice on an
16	16	application for renewal of a registration permit.
17	17	(b) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an
18	18	application for renewal of a registration permit [and who
19	19	designates a direct patient care practice] must complete at least
20	20	one hour of continuing medical education approved by the board
21	21	regarding the identification and assistance of trafficked persons
22	22	[, as part of the hours of continuing medical education required for
23	23	compliance with Section 156.051(a)(2), a human trafficking
24	24	prevention course approved by the executive commissioner of the
25	25	Health and Human Services Commission under Section 116.002].
26	26	(c) [(b)] The hours [board shall designate the human
27	27	trafficking prevention course] required by Subsection (b):
28	28	(1) shall be designated by the board [(a)] as [a]
29	29	medical ethics or professional responsibility education; and
30	30	(2) may be counted toward the hours of [course for
31	31	purposes of complying with] continuing medical education required
32	32	by Section 156.051(a)(2).
33	33	(d) The board shall:
34	34	(1) approve courses that may be completed to satisfy
35	35	the requirement of Subsection (b), including at least one course
36	36	that is available without charge; and
37	37	(2) maintain a list of approved courses on the board's
38	38	Internet website.
39	39	(e) In approving courses as required by Subsection (d)(1),
40	40	the board shall consider for approval training courses conducted by
41	41	health care facilities.
42	42	(f) [(c)] The board shall adopt rules to implement this
43	43	section, including a rule establishing a procedure to send a timely
44	44	reminder to a physician of the continuing medical education
45	45	requirement under this section.
46	46	(g) A physician may satisfy the requirement of Subsection
47	47	(b) by completing at least one hour of a training course approved by
48	48	the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services
49	49	Commission under Section 116.002. This subsection expires
50	50	September 1, 2023.
51	51	SECTION 2. Section 301.308, Occupations Code, is amended to
52	52	read as follows:
53	53	Sec. 301.308. CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING THE
54	54	IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS [IN HUMAN
55	55	TRAFFICKING PREVENTION]. (a) As part of a continuing competency
56	56	program under Section 301.303, a license holder who provides direct
57	57	patient care shall complete in each renewal period at least one hour
58	58	of continuing education approved by the board regarding the
59	59	identification and assistance of trafficked persons [a human
60	60	trafficking prevention course approved by the executive
61	61	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under
62	62	Section 116.002].
63	63	(b) The board shall:
64	64	(1) approve courses that may be completed to satisfy
65	65	the requirement of Subsection (a), including at least one course
66	66	that is available without charge; and
67	67	(2) maintain a list of approved courses on the board's
68	68	Internet website.
69	69	(c) In approving courses as required by Subsection (b)(1),
70	70	the board shall consider for approval training courses conducted by
71	71	health care facilities.
72	72	(c-1) A license holder may satisfy the requirement of
73	73	Subsection (a) by completing at least one hour of a training course
74	74	approved by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
75	75	Services Commission under Section 116.002. This subsection expires
76	76	September 1, 2023.
77	77	(d) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section,
78	78	including a rule establishing a procedure to send a timely reminder
79	79	to a license holder of the continuing education requirement under
80	80	this section.
81	81	SECTION 3. Sections 156.060 and 301.308, Occupations Code,
82	82	as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for renewal of
83	83	a registration permit to practice medicine or a license to practice
84	84	nursing submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. A
85	85	renewal application submitted before the effective date of this Act
86	86	is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
87	87	submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
88	88	purpose.
89	89	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.