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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment and maintenance of a glaucoma |
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comanagement registry. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 153, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 153.017 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 153.017. GLAUCOMA COMANAGEMENT REGISTRY. (a) The |
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board shall: |
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(1) establish and maintain a registry of |
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ophthalmologists engaged in the comanagement of patients with |
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therapeutic optometrists under Section 351.3581; and |
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(2) make the registry available to the public through |
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a link on the board's Internet website. |
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(b) The registry must be searchable by: |
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(1) the name of the ophthalmologist; |
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(2) the name of the therapeutic optometrist; and |
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(3) the county that an ophthalmologist in the registry |
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lists as a primary practice location. |
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(c) An ophthalmologist engaged in the comanagement of |
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patients under Section 351.3581 shall provide to the board the name |
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of each therapeutic optometrist with whom the ophthalmologist is |
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comanaging patients for inclusion in the comanagement registry |
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maintained under this section. |
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(d) The board shall establish procedures to allow an |
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ophthalmologist who provides information for inclusion in the |
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comanagement registry maintained under this section to update the |
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information through the registry's Internet website. The board |
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shall require the ophthalmologist to update the information at |
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least annually. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas Medical |
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Board shall establish the registry required by Section 153.017, |
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Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |