Bill Text: TX HB2141 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain meetings required by a prescriptive authority agreement.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2141 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2141-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Oliverson, Cortez, Zerwas, Schaefer, | H.B. No. 2141 | ||
Blanco, et al. | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2141: | |||
By: Price | C.S.H.B. No. 2141 |
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relating to certain meetings required by a prescriptive authority | ||
agreement. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 157.0512(e) and (f), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) A prescriptive authority agreement must, at a minimum: | ||
(1) be in writing and signed and dated by the parties | ||
to the agreement; | ||
(2) state the name, address, and all professional | ||
license numbers of the parties to the agreement; | ||
(3) state the nature of the practice, practice | ||
locations, or practice settings; | ||
(4) identify the types or categories of drugs or | ||
devices that may be prescribed or the types or categories of drugs | ||
or devices that may not be prescribed; | ||
(5) provide a general plan for addressing consultation | ||
and referral; | ||
(6) provide a plan for addressing patient emergencies; | ||
(7) state the general process for communication and | ||
the sharing of information between the physician and the advanced | ||
practice registered nurse or physician assistant to whom the | ||
physician has delegated prescriptive authority related to the care | ||
and treatment of patients; | ||
(8) if alternate physician supervision is to be | ||
utilized, designate one or more alternate physicians who may: | ||
(A) provide appropriate supervision on a | ||
temporary basis in accordance with the requirements established by | ||
the prescriptive authority agreement and the requirements of this | ||
subchapter; and | ||
(B) participate in the prescriptive authority | ||
quality assurance and improvement plan meetings required under this | ||
section; and | ||
(9) describe a prescriptive authority quality | ||
assurance and improvement plan and specify methods for documenting | ||
the implementation of the plan that include [ |
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following: | ||
(A) chart review, with the number of charts to be | ||
reviewed determined by the physician and advanced practice | ||
registered nurse or physician assistant; and | ||
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advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant and the | ||
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Subsection (e)(9)(B) must: | ||
(1) include: | ||
(A) the sharing of information relating to | ||
patient treatment and care, needed changes in patient care plans, | ||
and issues relating to referrals; and | ||
(B) discussion of patient care improvement; | ||
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(2) be documented; and | ||
(3) take place at least once a month in a manner | ||
determined by the physician and the advanced practice registered | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 157.0512, Occupations Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to a prescriptive authority agreement | ||
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
agreement entered into before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the agreement was entered | ||
into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |