Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1771 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 04/14/2023

                    88R10621 BEE-D
 By: Price, Thompson of Harris, Guillen, H.B. No. 1771
 Oliverson, Jetton


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to certain records of a health professional providing a
 telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or
 telehealth service.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 111.004, Occupations Code, is amended by
 adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
 (c)  Each agency with regulatory authority over a health
 professional providing a telemedicine medical service,
 teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service shall adopt
 rules necessary to standardize formats for and retention of records
 related to a patient's consent to:
 (1)  treatment;
 (2)  data collection; and
 (3)  data sharing.
 (d)  Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must:
 (1)  as applicable, address the specific consent
 documentation required for:
 (A)  telemedicine medical services;
 (B)  teledentistry dental services; or
 (C)  telehealth services; and
 (2)  include provisions, based on the appropriate
 standard of care, for consent documentation in an audio-only
 format.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.