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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to joint practice by certain health care professionals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 301.012(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (a-6), and |
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(a-7), Business Organizations Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Persons licensed as physicians under Subtitle B, |
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Title 3, Occupations Code, [and] persons licensed as physician |
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assistants under Chapter 204, Occupations Code, and persons |
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licensed as advanced practice registered nurses under Subtitle E, |
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Title 3, Occupations Code, may form and own a professional |
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association or a professional limited liability company to perform |
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professional services that fall within the scope of practice of |
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those practitioners. |
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(a-2) A physician assistant or an advanced practice |
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registered nurse may not be an officer in the professional |
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association or limited liability company. |
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(a-3) A physician assistant or an advanced practice |
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registered nurse may not contract with or employ a physician to be a |
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supervising physician of the physician assistant or advanced |
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practice registered nurse or of any physician in the professional |
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association or limited liability company. |
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(a-6) A physician assistant, an advanced practice |
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registered nurse, or a combination of physician assistants or |
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advanced practice registered nurses may have only a minority |
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ownership interest in an entity created under this section. The |
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ownership interest of an individual physician assistant may not |
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equal or exceed the ownership interest of any individual physician |
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owner. A physician assistant or combination of physician assistants |
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may not interfere with the practice of medicine by a physician owner |
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or the supervision of physician assistants by a physician owner. |
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(a-7) The Texas Medical Board, [and] the Texas Physician |
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Assistant Board, and the Texas Board of Nursing continue to |
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exercise regulatory authority over their respective license |
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holders according to applicable law. To the extent of a conflict |
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between Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, and Chapter 204, |
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Occupations Code, or any rules adopted under those statutes, |
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Subtitle B, Title 3, or a rule adopted under that subtitle controls. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |