Bill Text: TX HB2897 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the identification requirements of certain health care providers associated with a hospital.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-07 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2897 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2897-Comm_Sub.html
84R21480 CJC-F | |||
By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 2897 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2897: | |||
By: Crownover | C.S.H.B. No. 2897 |
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relating to the identification requirements of certain health care | ||
providers associated with a hospital. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 241.009, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(3), the identification | ||
badge of a health care provider licensed under Title 3, Occupations | ||
Code, must clearly state: | ||
(1) "physician," if the provider holds a license under | ||
Subtitle B of that title; | ||
(2) "chiropractor," "podiatrist," "midwife," | ||
"physician assistant," "acupuncturist," or "surgical assistant," | ||
as applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle C of | ||
that title; | ||
(3) "dentist" or "dental hygienist," as applicable, if | ||
the provider holds a license under Subtitle D of that title; | ||
(4) "licensed vocational nurse," "registered nurse," | ||
"nurse practitioner," "nurse midwife," "nurse anesthetist," or | ||
"clinical nurse specialist," as applicable, if the provider holds a | ||
license under Subtitle E of that title; | ||
(5) "optometrist," or "therapeutic optometrist," as | ||
applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle F of that | ||
title; | ||
(6) "speech-language pathologist" or "audiologist," | ||
as applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle G of | ||
that title; | ||
(7) "physical therapist," "occupational therapist," | ||
or "massage therapist," as applicable, if the provider holds a | ||
license under Subtitle H of that title; | ||
(8) "medical radiologic technologist," "medical | ||
physicist," "perfusionist," "respiratory care practitioner," | ||
"orthotist," or "prosthetist," as applicable, if the provider holds | ||
a license or certificate, as appropriate, under Subtitle K of that | ||
title; and | ||
(9) "dietitian," if the provider holds a license under | ||
Subtitle M of that title. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a hospital licensed | ||
under this chapter is not required to list the type of license held | ||
by a provider on a health care provider's photo identification | ||
badge until September 1, 2017. This subsection expires September | ||
1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |