By: Lucio S.B. No. 2355
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to conflicts of interest and discrimination policies for
  an ethics or medical committee review of an advance directive.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 166, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 166.0465 to read as follows:
         Sec. 166.0465.  ETHICS OR MEDICAL COMMITTEE POLICIES ON
  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND DISCRIMINATION. Each health care
  facility that provides review by an ethics or medical committee
  under Section 166.046 shall adopt and implement:
               (1)  a policy to prevent financial and health care
  professional conflicts of interest that may arise during a review
  under that section; and
               (2)  a policy to prohibit consideration of a patient's
  permanent physical or mental disability during a review under that
  section unless the disability is relevant in determining whether a
  medical or surgical intervention is medically appropriate.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  A health care facility shall adopt the
  policies required by Section 166.0465, Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act, not later than April 1, 2020.
         (b)  The policies adopted under Section 166.0465, Health and
  Safety Code, as added by this Act, apply to an ethics or medical
  committee review conducted on or after April 1, 2020.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.