Bill Text: TX SB2194 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to physician assistant services performed as volunteer care.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2194 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2194-Introduced.html
| 85R3749 JCG-F | ||
| By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 2194 | |
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| relating to physician assistant services performed as volunteer | ||
| care. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 204.2045, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 204.2045. VOLUNTEER CARE AND SERVICES PERFORMED DURING | ||
| DISASTER. (a) The supervision and delegation requirements of this | ||
| chapter and Subtitle B do not apply to medical tasks performed by a | ||
| physician assistant: | ||
| (1) during a disaster under the state emergency | ||
| management plan adopted under Section 418.042, Government Code; | ||
| (2) during [ |
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| or United States government; or | ||
| (3) as a volunteer for a charitable organization or at | ||
| a public or private event, including a religious event, sporting | ||
| event, community event, or health fair. | ||
| (a-1) This section does not apply to medical tasks performed | ||
| by a physician assistant for compensation or other remuneration. | ||
| (b) A physician assistant performing medical tasks under | ||
| this section: | ||
| (1) is entitled to the immunity from liability | ||
| provided by Section 74.151, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and | ||
| (2) is acting within the scope of the physician | ||
| assistant's license for purposes of immunity under Section | ||
| 84.004(c), Civil Practice and Remedies Code. | ||
| (c) A physician assistant may perform tasks described by | ||
| this section: | ||
| (1) under the supervision of any physician who is also | ||
| performing volunteer work in the disaster, for the charitable | ||
| organization, or at the public or private event; or | ||
| (2) without the supervision of a physician, if a | ||
| physician is not available to provide supervision. | ||
| (d) A physician assistant employed by the United States | ||
| government or licensed in another state may perform medical tasks | ||
| in this state in circumstances described by Subsection (a) without | ||
| holding a license in this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 204.2045, Occupations Code, as amended | ||
| by this Act, applies only to services performed on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. Services performed before that date are | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the services were | ||
| performed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
