Bill Text: TX HB2975 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to continuing education for physicians and nurses regarding the treatment of tick-borne diseases.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2975 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2975-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2975 |
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relating to continuing education for physicians and nurses | ||
regarding the treatment of tick-borne diseases. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that tick-borne diseases | ||
are an important public health issue in Texas. The legislature | ||
further finds that medical and nursing education on the appropriate | ||
care and treatment of tick-borne diseases is essential to the | ||
delivery of necessary health care to individuals in Texas suffering | ||
from tick-borne diseases. It is the intent of the legislature to | ||
address the need for medical and nursing education on tick-borne | ||
diseases through the continuing medical education requirements for | ||
physicians and nurses. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 156, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 156.059 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 156.059. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN TICK-BORNE DISEASES. | ||
(a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an | ||
application for renewal of a license to practice medicine and whose | ||
practice includes the treatment of tick-borne diseases is | ||
encouraged to include continuing medical education in the treatment | ||
of tick-borne diseases among the hours of continuing medical | ||
education completed for purposes of rules adopted under Section | ||
156.051(a)(2). | ||
(b) The board shall adopt rules to establish the content of | ||
and approval requirements for continuing medical education | ||
relating to the treatment of tick-borne diseases. In adopting | ||
rules, the board shall seek input from affected parties and review | ||
relevant courses, including courses that have been approved in | ||
other states. Rules adopted under this section must provide for the | ||
identification and approval of accredited continuing medical | ||
education courses that represent an appropriate spectrum of | ||
relevant medical clinical treatment relating to tick-borne | ||
diseases. | ||
(c) If relevant, the board shall consider a physician's | ||
participation in a continuing medical education course approved | ||
under Subsection (b) if: | ||
(1) the physician is being investigated by the board | ||
regarding the physician's selection of clinical care for the | ||
treatment of tick-borne diseases; and | ||
(2) the physician completed the course not more than | ||
two years before the start of the investigation. | ||
(d) The board may adopt other rules to implement this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 301.304 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.304. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN TICK-BORNE DISEASES. | ||
(a) As part of the continuing education requirements under Section | ||
301.303, a license holder whose practice includes the treatment of | ||
tick-borne diseases shall be encouraged to participate, during each | ||
two-year licensing period, in continuing education relating to the | ||
treatment of tick-borne diseases. | ||
(b) The board shall adopt rules to identify the license | ||
holders who are encouraged to complete continuing education under | ||
Subsection (a) and establish the content of that continuing | ||
education. In adopting rules, the board shall seek input from | ||
affected parties and review relevant courses, including courses | ||
that have been approved in other states. Rules adopted under this | ||
section must provide that continuing education courses | ||
representing an appropriate spectrum of relevant medical clinical | ||
treatment relating to tick-borne diseases qualify as approved | ||
continuing education courses for license renewal. | ||
(c) If relevant, the board shall consider a license holder's | ||
participation in a continuing education course approved under | ||
Subsection (b) if: | ||
(1) the license holder is being investigated by the | ||
board regarding the license holder's selection of clinical care for | ||
the treatment of tick-borne diseases; and | ||
(2) the license holder completed the course not more | ||
than two years before the start of the investigation. | ||
(d) The board may adopt other rules to implement this | ||
section, including rules under Section 301.303(c) for the approval | ||
of education programs and providers. | ||
SECTION 4. The Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of | ||
Nursing shall consult and cooperate in adopting the rules required | ||
under Sections 156.059 and 301.304, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. Not later than January 31, 2012, the Texas | ||
Medical Board shall adopt rules required by Section 156.059, | ||
Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. Not later than January 31, 2012, the Texas Board | ||
of Nursing shall adopt rules required by Section 301.304, | ||
Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. Not later than February 6, 2012, the Texas | ||
Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing shall report to the | ||
governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives concerning the adoption of rules as required by | ||
Sections 156.059 and 301.304, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 8. Subsection (c), Section 156.059, and Subsection | ||
(c), Section 301.304, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply | ||
only to the investigation of a complaint or a disciplinary action | ||
based on a complaint filed on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. The investigation of a complaint or a disciplinary action | ||
based on a complaint filed before that date is governed by the law | ||
in effect on the date the complaint was filed, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2975 was passed by the House on May | ||
12, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2975 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2975 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0 | ||
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______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |