BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1782 |
By: Davis, Sarah |
Public Health |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties assert that, as a result of the rapid increase in the number of professional and quasi-professional titles using the term "doctor," patients often are confused about the training and education of their health care practitioners. C.S.H.B. 1782 intends to provide clarity and transparency in the health care field by ensuring that patients and hospital staff are promptly and clearly informed of a health care practitioner's training and qualifications.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1782 amends the Health and Safety Code to require a hospital to adopt a policy requiring a health care provider providing direct patient care to wear a photo identification badge during all patient encounters, unless precluded by adopted isolation or sterilization protocols. The bill requires the badge to be of sufficient size, to be worn in a manner to be visible, and to clearly state at minimum the provider's first or last name, department of the hospital with which the provider is associated, the provider's title, as assigned by the hospital, and the provider's status as a student, intern, trainee, or resident, if applicable.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
January 1, 2014.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1782 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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