Bill Text: TX SB1565 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for ordering medical or dental services for certain persons admitted to or committed to care at certain state facilities.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1565 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1565-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1565

AN ACT
relating to the procedure for ordering medical or dental services
for certain persons admitted to or committed to care at certain
state facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.041, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to
read as follows:
(c) If a department requests consent to perform medical or
dental treatment or services from a person or the guardian of the
person whose consent is considered necessary and a reply is not
obtained immediately, or if there is no guardian or responsible
relative of the person to whom a request can be made, the
superintendent or director of a department facility shall order:
(1) medical treatment or services for the person on
the advice and consent of three primary care providers, at least two
of whom are physicians licensed by the Texas Medical Board[, at
least one of whom is primarily engaged in the private practice of
medicine]; or
(2) dental treatment or services for the person on the
advice and consent of two dentists [a dentist] licensed by the State
Board of Dental Examiners and of one physician [two physicians]
licensed by the Texas Medical Board[, at least one of whom is
primarily engaged in the private practice of medicine].
(e) For purposes of this section, "primary care provider"
means a health care professional who provides health care services
to a defined population of residents. The term includes a physician
licensed by the Texas Medical Board, an advanced practice
registered nurse licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing, and a
physician assistant licensed by the Texas Physician Assistant
Board.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a medical or dental procedure performed on or after the effective
date of this Act. A medical or dental procedure performed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1565 passed the Senate on
April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1565 passed the House on
May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor