Bill Text: TX SB1705 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to continuing education requirements for physicians and nurses regarding human trafficking.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1705 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1705-Introduced.html
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By: Blanco | S.B. No. 1705 |
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relating to continuing education requirements for physicians and | ||
nurses regarding human trafficking. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 156.060, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 156.060. CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING THE | ||
IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS [ |
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physician who designates a direct patient care practice on an | ||
application for renewal of a registration permit. | ||
(b) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an | ||
application for renewal of a registration permit [ |
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one hour of continuing medical education approved by the board | ||
regarding the identification and assistance of trafficked persons | ||
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(c) [ |
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(1) shall be designated by the board [ |
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medical ethics or professional responsibility education; and | ||
(2) may be counted toward the hours of [ |
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by Section 156.051(a)(2). | ||
(d) The board shall: | ||
(1) approve courses that may be completed to satisfy | ||
the requirement of Subsection (b), including at least one course | ||
that is available without charge; and | ||
(2) maintain a list of approved courses on the board's | ||
Internet website. | ||
(e) In approving courses as required by Subsection (d)(1), | ||
the board shall consider for approval training courses conducted by | ||
health care facilities. | ||
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section, including a rule establishing a procedure to send a timely | ||
reminder to a physician of the continuing medical education | ||
requirement under this section. | ||
(g) A physician may satisfy the requirement of Subsection | ||
(b) by completing at least one hour of a training course approved by | ||
the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission under Section 116.002. This subsection expires | ||
September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 301.308, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.308. CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING THE | ||
IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS [ |
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program under Section 301.303, a license holder who provides direct | ||
patient care shall complete in each renewal period at least one hour | ||
of continuing education approved by the board regarding the | ||
identification and assistance of trafficked persons [ |
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(b) The board shall: | ||
(1) approve courses that may be completed to satisfy | ||
the requirement of Subsection (a), including at least one course | ||
that is available without charge; and | ||
(2) maintain a list of approved courses on the board's | ||
Internet website. | ||
(c) In approving courses as required by Subsection (b)(1), | ||
the board shall consider for approval training courses conducted by | ||
health care facilities. | ||
(c-1) A license holder may satisfy the requirement of | ||
Subsection (a) by completing at least one hour of a training course | ||
approved by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission under Section 116.002. This subsection expires | ||
September 1, 2023. | ||
(d) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section, | ||
including a rule establishing a procedure to send a timely reminder | ||
to a license holder of the continuing education requirement under | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 156.060 and 301.308, Occupations Code, | ||
as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for renewal of | ||
a registration permit to practice medicine or a license to practice | ||
nursing submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
renewal application submitted before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was | ||
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |