Bill Text: TX HJR125 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting adult individuals to choose a health care treatment or modality; empowering the legislature to address scopes of practice for health care providers and physicians.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Public Health [HJR125 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HJR125-Introduced.html

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By: Simpson H.J.R. No. 125

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment permitting adult individuals
to choose a health care treatment or modality; empowering the
legislature to address scopes of practice for health care providers
and physicians.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31. The Legislature may pass laws prescribing the
qualifications of practitioners of medicine in this State, and to
punish persons for mal-practice, but no preference shall ever be
given by law that abridges the right of:
(a) an individual to seek advice from or to choose any
health care treatment or modality; or
(b) the right of any provider to advise an individual
or to offer a particular treatment or modality[to any schools of
medicine].
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment allowing adult
individuals to choose a health care treatment or modality."