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