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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of telehealth services by health |
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professionals located outside of this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 111, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 111.009 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 111.009. HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOCATED OUTSIDE OF STATE. |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a health professional located |
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outside of this state who holds an active and unencumbered license |
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issued by another state may provide to a patient located in this |
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state a telehealth service if the health professional is authorized |
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to provide the service by the state in which the health professional |
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is licensed. |
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(b) The standard of care for a health professional who |
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provides a telehealth service to a patient under this section is the |
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same as the standard of care for a health professional who provides |
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an in-person health care service to a patient. |
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(c) A practitioner-patient relationship may be established |
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through a telehealth service provided under this section. |
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(d) An agency with regulatory authority over a health |
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professional shall adopt rules to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |