Bill Text: TX HB4455 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 4455 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the provision of mental health services through a telemedicine medical service or telehealth service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4455 Detail]

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	By: Miller	H.B. No. 4455



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the provision of mental health services through a
	telemedicine medical service or telehealth service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 111, Occupations Code, is amended by
	adding Section 111.0015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 111.0015. PATIENT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF
	STATE.
	Notwithstanding any other law, a health care professional may
	provide a mental health service that is within the scope of the
	professional's license through the use of a telemedicine medical
	service or a telehealth service to a patient who is located outside
	of this state, subject to applicable laws and regulations of the
	patient's jurisdiction.
	SECTION 2. Section 111.008, Occupations Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.