88R10621 BEE-D
 
  By: Price, Thompson of Harris, Guillen, H.B. No. 1771
      Oliverson, Jetton
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1771:
 
  By:  Klick C.S.H.B. No. 1771
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain records of a health professional providing a
  telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or
  telehealth service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 111.004, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
         (c)  Each agency with regulatory authority over a health
  professional providing a telemedicine medical service,
  teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service shall adopt
  rules necessary to standardize formats for and retention of records
  related to a patient's consent to:
               (1)  treatment;
               (2)  data collection; and
               (3)  data sharing.
         (d)  Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must:
               (1)  as applicable, address the specific consent
  documentation required for:
                     (A)  telemedicine medical services;
                     (B)  teledentistry dental services; or
                     (C)  telehealth services; and
               (2)  include provisions, based on the appropriate
  standard of care, for consent documentation in an audio-only
  format.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.