Amend CSSB 2527 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 4 of the bill, strike amended Section 111.005(a)(3)(C), Occupations Code (page 2, lines 35-41), and substitute the following:
(C) another form of audiovisual telecommunication technology that allows the practitioner to comply with the standard of care described in Section 111.007.
(2) Strike the recital to SECTION 5 of the bill (page 2, lines 55-56) and substitute the following:
SECTION 5. Chapter 111, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Sections 111.0052 and 111.0055 to read as follows:
Sec. 111.0052. RECORDS OF CERTAIN TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES AND TELEHEALTH SERVICES. (a) A health professional who provides telemedicine medical services or telehealth services to a patient as described by Section 111.005(a)(3) shall:
(1) maintain a record of each telemedicine medical service or telehealth service provided to a patient by the health professional until the seventh anniversary of the date the service is provided; and
(2) produce a record described by Subdivision (1) on request of the state licensing agency with regulatory authority over the health professional that is conducting a regulatory investigation or disciplinary action.
(b) A health professional may designate as custodian of records described by Subsection (a)(1) a designated agent in this state for any business entity through which the professional provided telemedicine medical services or telehealth services to the patient. A health professional who designates a custodian under this subsection may maintain a complete copy of the records of each of the patients to whom the professional provides telemedicine medical services or telehealth services as described by Section 111.005(a)(3).
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 111, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 111.0025 to read as follows:
Sec. 111.0025. SCOPE OF PRACTICE NOT EXPANDED. (a) A health professional who provides telemedicine medical services or telehealth services to a patient as described by Section 111.005(a)(3) may provide only services within the health professional's scope of practice.
(b) This chapter does not change the scope of practice of any profession.