Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1		-	By: Campbell, et al. S.B. No. 2626
	1	+	By: Campbell, Paxton S.B. No. 2626
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	4	+	April 14, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
	5	+	Nays 0; April 14, 2025, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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6	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	12		AN ACT
8	13		relating to ectopic pregnancies and continuing education for
9	14		certain physicians and nurses regarding treatment of certain
10	15		pregnancy-related conditions.
11	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	17		SECTION 1. Section 245.002(4-a), Health and Safety Code, is
13	18		amended to read as follows:
14	19		(4-a) "Ectopic pregnancy" means the implantation of a
15	20		fertilized egg or embryo:
16	21		(A) outside of the uterus;
17	22		(B) in an intrauterine location at which the
18	23		fertilized egg or embryo becomes nonviable; or
19	24		(C) in a scarred portion of the uterus.
20	25		SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 156, Occupations Code, is
21	26		amended by adding Section 156.061 to read as follows:
22	27		Sec. 156.061. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REGARDING
23	28		TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PREGNANCY-RELATED CONDITIONS. (a) In this
24	29		section:
25	30		(1) "Abortion" and "ectopic pregnancy" have the
26	31		meanings assigned by Section 245.002, Health and Safety Code.
27	32		(2) "Medical emergency" has the meaning assigned by
28	33		Section 171.002, Health and Safety Code.
29	34		(b) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an
30	35		application for renewal of a registration permit and whose practice
31	36		includes treating pregnant women shall complete, in accordance with
32	37		this section, at least one hour of continuing medical education
33	38		approved by the board on the treatment of:
34	39		(1) pregnancy-related medical emergencies;
35	40		(2) ectopic pregnancy; and
36	41		(3) situations involving a dead, unborn child whose
37	42		death was caused by a spontaneous abortion.
38	43		(c) The continuing medical education required under
39	44		Subsection (b) must include instruction on:
40	45		(1) standards of care for managing a condition or
41	46		situation described by Subsection (b);
42	47		(2) identification of and timely response to a medical
43	48		emergency caused or aggravated by a woman's pregnancy and that
44	49		requires intervention;
45	50		(3) how abortion is defined under Section 245.002,
46	51		Health and Safety Code, including the medical situations and
47	52		interventions excluded from abortion regulations protecting unborn
48	53		life;
49	54		(4) how medical emergency is defined under Section
50	55		171.002, Health and Safety Code, and what interventions are
51	56		permitted in a medical emergency involving a pregnant woman; and
52	57		(5) communication strategies for effectively
53	58		discussing a condition or situation described by Subsection (b)
54	59		with patients and their families.
55	60		(d) A physician must complete one hour of continuing medical
56	61		education required by Subsection (b) in each of the first two
57	62		renewal periods following the issuance of the physician's initial
58	63		registration permit under this chapter, with one hour to be
59	64		completed not later than the first anniversary of the date of
60	65		issuance.
61	66		(e) After the period described by Subsection (d), a
62	67		physician must complete not less than one hour of continuing
63	68		medical education as described by Subsection (b) every eight years.
64	69		(f) The hours required by this section may be counted toward
65	70		the hours of continuing medical education required by Section
66	71		156.051(a)(2).
67	72		(g) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section,
68	73		including rules to establish the content of and approval
69	74		requirements for continuing medical education required under this
70	75		section.
71	76		SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is
72	77		amended by adding Section 301.309 to read as follows:
73	78		Sec. 301.309. CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING TREATMENT OF
74	79		CERTAIN PREGNANCY-RELATED CONDITIONS. (a) In this section:
75	80		(1) "Abortion" and "ectopic pregnancy" have the
76	81		meanings assigned by Section 245.002, Health and Safety Code.
77	82		(2) "Medical emergency" has the meaning assigned by
78	83		Section 171.002, Health and Safety Code.
79	84		(b) As part of a continuing competency program under Section
80	85		301.303, a license holder whose practice includes treating pregnant
81	86		women and who is required under board rules to comply with this
82	87		section shall complete at least one hour of continuing education
83	88		during each two-year licensing period relating to the treatment of:
84	89		(1) pregnancy-related medical emergencies;
85	90		(2) ectopic pregnancy; and
86	91		(3) situations involving a dead, unborn child whose
87	92		death was caused by a spontaneous abortion.
88	93		(c) The continuing education under Subsection (b) must
89	94		include instruction on:
90	95		(1) standards of care for managing a condition or
91	96		situation described by Subsection (b);
92	97		(2) identification of and timely response to a medical
93	98		emergency caused or aggravated by a woman's pregnancy and that
94	99		requires intervention;
95	100		(3) how abortion is defined under Section 245.002,
96	101		Health and Safety Code, including the medical situations and
97	102		interventions excluded from abortion regulations protecting unborn
98	103		life;
99	104		(4) how medical emergency is defined under Section
100	105		171.002, Health and Safety Code, and what interventions are
101	106		permitted in a medical emergency involving a pregnant woman; and
102	107		(5) communication strategies for effectively
103	108		discussing a condition or situation described by Subsection (b)
104	109		with patients and their families.
105	110		(d) The continuing education required under Subsection (b)
106	111		must be part of a program approved under Section 301.303(c).
107	112		(e) The board shall adopt rules to identify the license
108	113		holders who are required to complete continuing education under
109	114		Subsection (b) and to establish the content of that continuing
110	115		education. The board may adopt other rules to implement this
111	116		section, including rules under Section 301.303(c) for the approval
112	117		of education programs and providers.
113	118		SECTION 4. (a) Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas
114	119		Medical Board shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section
115	120		156.061, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
116	121		(b) Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas Board of
117	122		Nursing shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section 301.309,
118	123		Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
119	124		SECTION 5. (a) Section 156.061, Occupations Code, as added
120	125		by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a
121	126		registration permit submitted on or after January 1, 2026. An
122	127		application submitted before January 1, 2026, is governed by the
123	128		law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
124	129		the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
125	130		(b) Section 301.309, Occupations Code, as added by this Act,
126	131		applies only to an application for the renewal of a license to
127	132		practice nursing submitted on or after January 1, 2026. An
128	133		application submitted before January 1, 2026, is governed by the
129	134		law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
130	135		the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
131	136		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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