Bill Text: TX SB338 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the liability of certain social workers who provide volunteer health care services to charitable organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-20 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB338 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB338-Engrossed.html
By: Rodriguez | S.B. No. 338 |
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relating to the liability of certain social workers who provide | ||
volunteer health care services to charitable organizations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subdivision (5), Section 84.003, Civil Practice | ||
and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(5) "Volunteer health care provider" means an | ||
individual who voluntarily provides health care services without | ||
compensation or expectation of compensation and who is: | ||
(A) an individual who is licensed to practice | ||
medicine under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code; | ||
(B) a retired physician who is eligible to | ||
provide health care services, including a retired physician who is | ||
licensed but exempt from paying the required annual registration | ||
fee under Section 156.002, Occupations Code; | ||
(C) a physician assistant licensed under Chapter | ||
204, Occupations Code, or a retired physician assistant who is | ||
eligible to provide health care services under the law of this | ||
state; | ||
(D) a registered nurse, including an advanced | ||
nurse practitioner, or vocational nurse, licensed under Chapter | ||
301, Occupations Code, or a retired vocational nurse or registered | ||
nurse, including a retired advanced nurse practitioner, who is | ||
eligible to provide health care services under the law of this | ||
state; | ||
(E) a pharmacist licensed under Subtitle J, Title | ||
3, Occupations Code, or a retired pharmacist who is eligible to | ||
provide health care services under the law of this state; | ||
(F) a podiatrist licensed under Chapter 202, | ||
Occupations Code, or a retired podiatrist who is eligible to | ||
provide health care services under the law of this state; | ||
(G) a dentist licensed under Subtitle D, Title 3, | ||
Occupations Code, or a retired dentist who is eligible to provide | ||
health care services under the law of this state; | ||
(H) a dental hygienist licensed under Subtitle D, | ||
Title 3, Occupations Code, or a retired dental hygienist who is | ||
eligible to provide health care services under the law of this | ||
state; | ||
(I) an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist | ||
licensed under Chapter 351, Occupations Code, or a retired | ||
optometrist or therapeutic optometrist who is eligible to provide | ||
health care services under the law of this state; | ||
(J) a physical therapist or physical therapist | ||
assistant licensed under Chapter 453, Occupations Code, or a | ||
retired physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who is | ||
eligible to provide health care services under the law of this | ||
state; | ||
(K) an occupational therapist or occupational | ||
therapy assistant licensed under Chapter 454, Occupations Code, or | ||
a retired occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant | ||
who is eligible to provide health care services under the law of | ||
this state; [ |
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(L) an audiologist, assistant in audiology, | ||
speech-language pathologist, or assistant in speech-language | ||
pathology licensed under Chapter 401, Occupations Code, or a | ||
retired audiologist, assistant in audiology, speech-language | ||
pathologist, or assistant in speech-language pathology who is | ||
eligible to provide health care services under the laws of this | ||
state; or | ||
(M) a social worker licensed under Chapter 505, | ||
Occupations Code, or a retired social worker who is eligible to | ||
engage in the practice of social work under the law of this state. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a cause of action that | ||
accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of | ||
action that accrued before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law applicable to the cause of action 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, 2013. |