Licensure

Hi TSGC Members,

The following bills took effect on Sept 1, 2023. These laws may be relevant to your practice or your workplace practices. I would refer bills of relevance to your legal departments for review and consideration. Please let me know if there are other bills that I may have missed. Thank you. – Rebecca Littlejohn

1.HB 2545- 88(R) HB 2545 - Senate Committee Report version - Bill Text (texas.gov)

a.      relating to an individual ’s genetic data, including the use of that data by certain genetic testing companies for commercial purposes and the individual ’s property right in DNA; authorizing a civil penalty.

2.SB 2105- 88(R) SB 2105 - Enrolled version - Bill Text (texas.gov)

a.       relating to the registration of and certain other requirements relating to data brokers; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee.

3.HB 3188- 88(R) HB 3188 - Introduced version - Bill Text (texas.gov)

a.       relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain biomarker testing.

4.SB 2402- 88(R) SB 2402 - Introduced version - Bill Text (texas.gov)

b.       relating to the creation, management, and administration of the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative.

c.       see Sec 2177.007 regarding gene therapy

5.HB 12- 88(R) HB 12 - Introduced version (texas.gov)

a.       relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy.

b.       See Section 32.024