BILL ANALYSIS C.S.S.B. 1454 By: Rosson Health and Human Services 04-27-95 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND Current law does not require medical schools to provide or medical students to take pain treatment education course work. PURPOSE As proposed, C.S.S.B. 1454 encourages certain licensed physicians to complete pain treatment education course work. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is granted to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners under SECTION 4(b) of this bill. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 6, Title 71, V.T.C.S., by adding Article 4495d, as follows: Art. 4495d. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION IN PAIN TREATMENT. (a) Encourages a physician licensed under Article 4495b, V.T.C.S. (Medical Practice Act), who submits an application for renewal of a license that designates a direct patient care practice and whose practice includes treating patients for pain is encouraged to include continuing medical education in pain treatment among the hours of continuing medical education completed to comply with Section 3.025(a)(2), Article 4495b, V.T.C.S. SECTION 2. Amends Section 102.009, Health and Safety Code, by adding Subsection (c) to require the Texas Cancer Council or its contracted projects to maintain for physicians a listing of available continuing medical education courses in pain treatment offered by accredited Texas medical and osteopathic schools, hospitals, health care facilities, or professional societies or associations for physicians. SECTION 3. Amends Chapter 61, Education Code, by adding Section 61.785, as follows: Sec. 61.785. PAIN TREATMENT MEDICAL EDUCATION COURSE WORK. (a) Requires each medical school to determine the extent to which pain treatment medical education course work is meeting the instructional elements described in Subsection (b) offered to all students enrolled in medical schools. (b) Requires pain treatment medical education course work to include certain instruction. SECTION 4. (a) Effective date: September 1, 1995. (b) Requires the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners to adopt rules under this Act not later than December 1, 1995. (c) Requires each medical school to report the analysis of pain treatment medical education course work to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board not later than March 1, 1996. SECTION 5. Emergency clause.