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	Amend HB 1252 on third reading as follows:                                   
	(1) On page 2, line 9, immediately before "A provider", 
insert "(a)".
	(2) On page 2, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:                  
	(b) Consistent with a medical direction or authorization as 
provided by Subsection (c), a licensed dietitian acting within the 
scope of the person's license in a licensed facility that provides 
screening, diagnosis, or treatment services to a patient as 
described by Subsection (a), may:
		(1) accept, transcribe into the patient's medical 
record, or transmit verbal or electronically transmitted orders, 
including medication orders, relating to the implementation or 
provision of medical nutrition therapy and related medical 
protocols for the patient or a group of patients from a physician to 
another authorized health care professional; or
		(2) order medical laboratory tests relating to the 
implementation or provision of medical nutrition therapy and 
related medical protocols for the patient or a group of patients.
	(c) A medical direction or authorization required by 
Subsection (b) must be provided through  a physician's order, 
standing medical order, standing delegation order, or medical 
protocol issued in accordance with Subchapter A, Chapter 157, 
Occupations Code, and rules adopted by the Texas State Board of 
Medical Examiners under that subchapter.