Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R274 BEE-F
2	2	By: Smith H.B. No. 454
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to continuing education requirements for physicians
8	8	regarding the identification and assistance of trafficked persons.
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 under this section
21	21	regarding the identification and assistance of trafficked persons:
22	22	(1) in the first renewal period following the issuance
23	23	of the physician's initial registration permit under this chapter;
24	24	and
25	25	(2) if the board approves more than one course under
26	26	Subsection (d), at least once in every third renewal period
27	27	following the renewal period described by Subdivision (1)[, as part
28	28	of the hours of continuing medical education required for
29	29	compliance with Section 156.051(a)(2), a human trafficking
30	30	prevention course approved by the executive commissioner of the
31	31	Health and Human Services Commission under Section 116.002].
32	32	(c) [(b)] The hours [board shall designate the human
33	33	trafficking prevention course] required by Subsection (b):
34	34	(1) must be designated by the board [(a)] as [a]
35	35	medical ethics or professional responsibility education; and
36	36	(2) may be counted toward the hours of [course for
37	37	purposes of complying with] continuing medical education required
38	38	by Section 156.051(a)(2).
39	39	(d) [(c)] The board shall adopt rules to implement this
40	40	section, including rules to establish the content of and approval
41	41	requirements for continuing medical education relating to the
42	42	identification and assistance of trafficked persons. In adopting
43	43	rules, the board shall seek input from affected parties and review
44	44	relevant courses, including courses that have been approved in
45	45	other states. Rules adopted under this section must provide for the
46	46	identification and approval of accredited continuing medical
47	47	education courses that represent an appropriate spectrum of
48	48	relevant information relating to the identification and assistance
49	49	of trafficked persons.
50	50	(e) A physician may satisfy the requirement of Subsection
51	51	(b)(1) by completing at least one hour of a training course approved
52	52	by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services
53	53	Commission under Section 116.002. This subsection expires
54	54	September 1, 2025.
55	55	(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a physician who on
56	56	September 1, 2023, holds a license to practice medicine under this
57	57	subtitle shall complete at least one hour of continuing medical
58	58	education under this section regarding the identification and
59	59	assistance of trafficked persons. This subsection expires January
60	60	1, 2024.
61	61	SECTION 2. Section 156.060, Occupations Code, as amended by
62	62	this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a
63	63	registration permit to practice medicine submitted on or after the
64	64	effective date of this Act. A renewal application submitted before
65	65	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
66	66	the date the application was submitted, and the former law is
67	67	continued in effect for that purpose.
68	68	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.