| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed November 20, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human |
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| 4 | | - | Services; March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 9 | | relating to rules regarding the provision by a health professional |
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| 12 | 10 | | of a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or |
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| 13 | 11 | | telehealth service. |
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| 14 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 111.004, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 14 | | adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 15 | | (c) Each agency with regulatory authority over a health |
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| 18 | 16 | | professional providing a telemedicine medical service, |
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| 19 | 17 | | teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service shall adopt |
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| 20 | 18 | | rules necessary to standardize formats for and retention of records |
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| 21 | 19 | | related to a patient's consent to: |
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| 22 | 20 | | (1) treatment; |
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| 23 | 21 | | (2) data collection; and |
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| 24 | 22 | | (3) data sharing. |
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| 25 | 23 | | (d) Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must: |
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| 26 | 24 | | (1) as applicable, address the specific consent |
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| 27 | 25 | | documentation required for: |
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| 28 | 26 | | (A) telemedicine medical services; |
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| 29 | 27 | | (B) teledentistry dental services; or |
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| 30 | 28 | | (C) telehealth services; and |
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| 31 | 29 | | (2) include provisions, based on the appropriate |
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| 32 | 30 | | standard of care, for consent documentation in an audio-only |
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| 33 | 31 | | format. |
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| 34 | 32 | | (e) Rules adopted under this section must require that a |
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| 35 | 33 | | health professional conduct an in-person examination of a patient |
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| 36 | 34 | | before an irreversible medical procedure is initiated. |
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| 37 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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