SRC-JJJ H.B. 3083 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 3083
By: Telford (Duncan)
Health Services
5/9/1999
Engrossed


DIGEST 

In 1996, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners issued a position
statement prohibiting a health care provider or practitioner in Texas from
carrying out the orders of a physician located outside Texas unless that
physician has a reciprocal, temporary out-of-state, or special purpose
license.  Currently, in order for a person to continue health treatment
originally provided by another state, that person would have to find a
licensed Texas physician to order the care from a home health agency.  H.B.
3083 would establish provisions regarding medical services ordered by
physicians in certain other states for residents of this state. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 3083 establishes provisions regarding medical services
ordered by physicians in certain other states for residents of this state. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 3.06(i), Article 4495b, V.T.C.S.,(Medical
Practice Act), to provide that this section does not apply to certain acts
regarding health care, including the acts of a physician located in another
jurisdiction of a state in the United States whose borders are contiguous
with the State of Texas  who is the treating physician of a patient and
orders home health or hospice services for a resident of this state to be
delivered by a home and community support services agency licensed in this
state. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.