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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a health care facility's policies regarding advance |
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directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on |
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behalf of patients. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 166, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 166.0465 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 166.0465. ETHICS OR MEDICAL COMMITTEE POLICIES ON |
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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION. Each health |
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care facility that provides review by an ethics or medical |
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committee under Section 166.046 shall adopt and implement a policy |
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on: |
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(1) preventing substantial financial and health care |
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professional conflicts of interest that may arise during the |
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review; and |
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(2) prohibiting consideration of a patient's permanent |
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physical or mental disability during the review unless the |
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disability is relevant in determining whether a medical or surgical |
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intervention is medically appropriate. |
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SECTION 2. (a) A health care facility shall adopt the |
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policy required by Section 166.0465, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, not later than April 1, 2020. |
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(b) A policy adopted under Section 166.0465, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an ethics or |
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medical committee review conducted on or after April 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |