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Amend CSHB 3201 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill and references to those sections accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 258, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 258.055 to read as follows:
Sec. 258.055. PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY ON CERTAIN CHILDREN. (a) The parent or guardian of a child younger than 18 years of age may be present in the treatment room during the child's dental treatment or procedure, unless the dentist determines in the dentist's professional judgment that the presence of the parent or guardian in the treatment room is likely to have an adverse effect on the treatment or the child.
(b) In this section, "parent or guardian" includes a person authorized by law to consent for the medical or dental treatment of a child younger than 18 years of age.
SECTION ____. (a) The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners shall collect the following information from dentists licensed by the board in conjunction with the first annual license renewal of each dental license that occurs after September 1, 2013:
(1) the number and type of dentists employed by the license holder, if any;
(2) the name under which the license holder provides dental services and each location at which those services are provided by that license holder;
(3) whether the license holder is a participating provider under the Medicaid program operated under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, or the child health plan program operated under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code;
(4) whether the license holder is employed by or contracts with a dental group practice and, if so, the name and address of the dental group practice;
(5) whether the license holder owns a dental group practice and, if so, the name and address of the dental group practice and of each dental office at which the dental group practice provides services to patients;
(6) whether the license holder is a party to a business support services agreement and, if so, the name and address of the management service organization that provides services under the agreement; and
(7) if the license holder owns a dental group practice, whether that practice is a party to a business support services agreement and, if so, the name and address of the management service organization that provides services under the agreement.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2014, the board shall provide a report to the legislature on the information collected under this section and on the board's use of the information in the exercise of the board's statutory authority to regulate the practice of dentistry.
(c) This section expires December 1, 2014.