By Hilderbran H.B. No. 2295
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to referrals to occupational therapists.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 27, Occupational Therapy Practice Act
1-5 (Article 8851, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 Sec. 27. PRACTITIONER'S [PHYSICIAN'S] REFERRAL. An
1-8 occupational therapist may enter a case for the purposes of
1-9 providing consultation and monitored services and evaluating an
1-10 individual for the need of services. Implementation of direct
1-11 occupational therapy to individuals for their specific health care
1-12 [medical] conditions shall be based on a referral from a physician
1-13 licensed by a state board of medical examiners, a dentist licensed
1-14 by a state board of dental examiners, a chiropractor licensed by a
1-15 state board of chiropractic examiners, a podiatrist licensed by a
1-16 state board of podiatric medical examiners, or any other qualified,
1-17 licensed health care professional who within the scope of the
1-18 professional's licensure is authorized to refer for health care
1-19 services. The professional taking an action under this section is
1-20 a referring practitioner [to practice in the State of Texas].
1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.