Bill Text: TX HB3770 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance and the establishment of continuing education tracking systems by health care practitioner licensing entities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB3770 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3770-Introduced.html
| By: Bucy | H.B. No. 3770 | |
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| relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing | ||
| education compliance and the establishment of continuing education | ||
| tracking systems by health care practitioner licensing entities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 112.002, Occupations Code, is | ||
| transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 112, Occupations Code, | ||
| redesignated as Section 112.0501, Occupations Code, and amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 112.0501 [ |
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| practitioners under Chapters 401, 453, and 454 and Subtitles B, C, | ||
| D, E, F, and K. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 112, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | ||
| Sec. 112.101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Continuing education course" means a course, | ||
| clinic, forum, lecture, program, or seminar that an individual must | ||
| complete in order to maintain or renew a license. | ||
| (2) "Continuing education provider" means a person or | ||
| entity authorized by a licensing entity to offer continuing | ||
| education courses. | ||
| (3) "Continuing education tracking system" means a | ||
| electronic system established by a licensing entity as required by | ||
| Section 112.104. | ||
| (4) "License" means a license, certificate, | ||
| registration, permit, or other form of authorization that: | ||
| (A) is issued by a licensing entity; and | ||
| (B) an individual must obtain to engage in a | ||
| particular business, occupation, or profession. | ||
| Sec. 112.102. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only | ||
| to: | ||
| (1) a licensing entity that issues a license to a | ||
| health care practitioner. | ||
| Sec. 112.103. CONTINUING EDUCATION COMPLIANCE REQUIRED FOR | ||
| LICENSE RENEWAL. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensing | ||
| entity shall not renew a health care practitioner's license unless | ||
| the licensing entity verifies that the health care practitioner has | ||
| complied with all continuing education requirements of the | ||
| licensing entity. | ||
| (b) Verification of an applicant's compliance with | ||
| continuing education requirements that is generated by the | ||
| continuing education tracking system: | ||
| (1) satisfies the requirement of Subsection (a); and | ||
| (2) shall be used for all audits of health care | ||
| practitioners conducted by the licensing entity. | ||
| (c) This section does not prohibit a licensing entity from | ||
| imposing penalties under applicable statutes or rules for a health | ||
| care practitioner's failure to comply with continuing education | ||
| requirements. | ||
| Sec. 112.104. CONTINUING EDUCATION TRACKING SYSTEM; | ||
| REQUIRED FUNCTIONS. (a) Each licensing entity by rule shall | ||
| establish a continuing education tracking system for universal use | ||
| and accessibility by health care practitioners, licensing entity | ||
| staff, and continuing education providers; Sec. 112.105. DATA AND | ||
| SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS (a) A continuing education tracking system | ||
| may collect and use only: | ||
| (1) information that directly relates to a health care | ||
| practitioner's compliance with continuing education requirements, | ||
| including: | ||
| (A) the name in which the health care | ||
| practitioner's license is issued; | ||
| (B) the health care practitioner's license | ||
| number; | ||
| (C) the license issue date; | ||
| (D) the license expiration date; and | ||
| (E) any other information disclosed to the public | ||
| in response to a license verification request; and | ||
| (2) other information designated by licensing entity | ||
| rule as necessary for the system's performance of a function | ||
| required by this subchapter. | ||
| (b) A continuing education tracking system established | ||
| under Section 112.104 must: | ||
| (1) represent no ongoing cost to the licensing agency; | ||
| (2) if the continuing education tracking system is a | ||
| cloud-based system, be certified under the state risk and | ||
| authorization management program established under Section | ||
| 2054.0593, Government Code; | ||
| (3) comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of | ||
| 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et Sec. 112.107. RULEMAKING. A | ||
| licensing entity shall adopt rules necessary to implement this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than September 1, 2024, each licensing | ||
| entity shall implement a continuing education tracking system as | ||
| required by Section 112.104, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
