Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5114 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R17105 DNC-F
2	2	By: Cunningham H.B. No. 5114
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to continuing medical education requirements for certain
10	10	physicians regarding adoption.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 156, Occupations Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 156.061 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 156.061. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REGARDING TEXAS
15	15	ADOPTION LAW. (a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who
16	16	submits an application for renewal of a registration permit and
17	17	whose practice includes treating pregnant women must complete not
18	18	less than two hours of continuing medical education related to
19	19	Texas adoption law.
20	20	(b) Continuing medical education under this section must
21	21	include education regarding:
22	22	(1) procedures for the termination of the parental
23	23	rights of an alleged biological father for the purpose of adoption
24	24	under Section 161.002, Family Code;
25	25	(2) procedures for the voluntary termination of
26	26	parental rights before and after birth under Sections 161.102 and
27	27	161.103, Family Code;
28	28	(3) procedures for a mother to authorize the release
29	29	of her newborn child from a hospital or birthing center to a
30	30	licensed child placing agency, the Department of Family and
31	31	Protective Services, or another designated person under Section
32	32	161.108, Family Code;
33	33	(4) terms regarding limited post-termination contact
34	34	that may be included in an order terminating the parent-child
35	35	relationship under Section 161.2061, Family Code;
36	36	(5) provisions for a designated emergency infant care
37	37	provider to take possession of an abandoned child under Section
38	38	262.302, Family Code;
39	39	(6) financial assistance that a child-placing agency
40	40	may pay to an expectant mother as described by Section 25.08(b)(4),
41	41	Penal Code; and
42	42	(7) differences between private adoption and foster
43	43	care adoption, including:
44	44	(A) the processes and legal requirements for
45	45	private adoption and foster care adoption;
46	46	(B) the role of private adoption agencies and the
47	47	Department of Family and Protective Services with respect to
48	48	facilitating adoption;
49	49	(C) support services available to expectant
50	50	mothers and adoptive families through private adoption and foster
51	51	care adoption; and
52	52	(D) the rights and responsibilities of birth
53	53	parents, adoptive parents, and this state in private adoption and
54	54	foster care adoption.
55	55	(c) A physician must complete the hours required by
56	56	Subsection (a) in each of the first two renewal periods following
57	57	the issuance of the physician's initial registration permit under
58	58	this chapter, with at least one hour to be completed not later than
59	59	the first anniversary of the date of issuance.
60	60	(d) After the period described by Subsection (c), a
61	61	physician must complete not less than two hours of continuing
62	62	medical education described by Subsection (b) every eight years.
63	63	(e) The hours required by this section may be counted toward
64	64	the hours of continuing medical education completed to comply with
65	65	Section 156.051(a)(2).
66	66	(f) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section,
67	67	including rules establishing content and approval requirements to
68	68	ensure the continuing medical education described by this section
69	69	aligns with current medical standards and guidelines.
70	70	SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas
71	71	Medical Board shall adopt the rules necessary to implement the
72	72	changes in law made by this Act.
73	73	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.