Bill Text: TX HB745 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of telehealth programs by public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Public Education [HB745 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB745-Introduced.html
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| By: Guerra | H.B. No. 745 | |
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| relating to the establishment of telehealth programs by public | ||
| schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.040 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.040. TELEHEALTH PROGRAM. (a) In this section, | ||
| "telehealth service" means a health care service delivered by a | ||
| health professional licensed, certified, or otherwise entitled to | ||
| practice in this state and acting within the scope of the health | ||
| professional's license, certification, or entitlement to a patient | ||
| at a different physical location than the health professional using | ||
| telecommunications or information technology. | ||
| (b) A school district may establish a telehealth program | ||
| through which students and employees of the district may receive | ||
| telehealth services during a school day. | ||
| (c) Telehealth services provided through a program | ||
| established under this section: | ||
| (1) must be provided at no cost to a student or | ||
| employee of the school district; and | ||
| (2) may be provided to a student only with the written | ||
| consent of the student's parent or legal guardian. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
