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H.B. No. 1700 AN ACT relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 111.004, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: (c) Each agency with regulatory authority over a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service shall adopt rules necessary to standardize formats for and retention of records related to a patient's consent to: (1) treatment; (2) data collection; and (3) data sharing. (d) Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must: (1) as applicable, address the specific consent documentation required for: (A) telemedicine medical services; (B) teledentistry dental services; or (C) telehealth services; and (2) include provisions, based on the appropriate standard of care, for consent documentation in an audio-only format. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1700 was passed by the House on April 17, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1700 was passed by the Senate on May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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