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TX HB1700
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Caroline Fairly
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AI Summary
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Requires regulatory agencies overseeing health professionals who provide telemedicine, teledentistry, or telehealth services to adopt rules standardizing formats and retention requirements for patient consent records
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Patient consent records must cover three areas: consent to treatment, consent to data collection, and consent to data sharing
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Rules must address specific consent documentation requirements separately for telemedicine medical services, teledentistry dental services, and telehealth services as applicable
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Rules must include provisions for consent documentation in audio-only format, based on appropriate standard of care
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Effective date is September 1, 2025; passed the House 144-1 on April 17, 2025, and the Senate 31-0 on May 21, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.
Occupational Regulation
Last Action
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025