88R12726 MLH-D
By: Allison H.B. No. 4346
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to joint practice by certain health care professionals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 301.012(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (a-6), and
(a-7), Business Organizations Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a-1) Persons licensed as physicians under Subtitle B,
Title 3, Occupations Code, [and] persons licensed as physician
assistants under Chapter 204, Occupations Code, and persons
licensed as advanced practice registered nurses under Subtitle E,
Title 3, Occupations Code, may form and own a professional
association or a professional limited liability company to perform
professional services that fall within the scope of practice of
those practitioners.
(a-2) A physician assistant or an advanced practice
registered nurse may not be an officer in the professional
association or limited liability company.
(a-3) A physician assistant or an advanced practice
registered nurse may not contract with or employ a physician to be a
supervising physician of the physician assistant or advanced
practice registered nurse or of any physician in the professional
association or limited liability company.
(a-6) A physician assistant, an advanced practice
registered nurse, or a combination of physician assistants or
advanced practice registered nurses may have only a minority
ownership interest in an entity created under this section. The
ownership interest of an individual physician assistant may not
equal or exceed the ownership interest of any individual physician
owner. A physician assistant or combination of physician assistants
may not interfere with the practice of medicine by a physician owner
or the supervision of physician assistants by a physician owner.
(a-7) The Texas Medical Board, [and] the Texas Physician
Assistant Board, and the Texas Board of Nursing continue to
exercise regulatory authority over their respective license
holders according to applicable law. To the extent of a conflict
between Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, and Chapter 204,
Occupations Code, or any rules adopted under those statutes,
Subtitle B, Title 3, or a rule adopted under that subtitle controls.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.