Bill Text: TX HB2823 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting certain physician questions regarding firearms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Public Health [HB2823 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2823-Introduced.html
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By: Spitzer | H.B. No. 2823 |
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relating to prohibiting certain physician questions regarding | ||
firearms. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 164, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 164.0525 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 164.0525. INQUIRY INTO GUN OWNERSHIP PROHIBITED. (a) | ||
In this section, "patient" has the meaning provided by Section | ||
159.001. | ||
(b) A physician, other than a psychiatrist, may not: | ||
(1) inquire into, or ask a patient to disclose, | ||
whether a firearm is located or stored on property owned by or under | ||
the patient's control, including the patient's home; and | ||
(2) require that information described by Subdivision | ||
(1) be disclosed before providing treatment to the patient. | ||
(c) The board may take disciplinary action against a | ||
physician who violates Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 164.0525, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |