bill changing how doctors delegate prescribing power

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89R14807 DNC-F

By: Campos
H.B. No. 3889

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the prescribing or ordering of a controlled substance

or dangerous drug or device by an advanced practice registered

nurse or physician assistant under a prescriptive authority

agreement.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 157.0512, Occupations Code, is amended

by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as

follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [ A ] physician

may delegate to an advanced practice registered nurse or physician

assistant, acting under adequate physician supervision, the act of

prescribing or ordering a drug or device as authorized through a

prescriptive authority agreement between the physician and the

advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant, as

applicable.

(a-1) A physician may not delegate to an advanced practice

registered nurse or physician assistant, acting under adequate

physician supervision, the act of prescribing or ordering a

controlled substance or dangerous drug or device unless authorized

under a prescriptive authority agreement between the physician and

the advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant, as

applicable. An advanced practice registered nurse or physician

assistant prescribing or ordering a controlled substance or

dangerous drug or device under this subsection may do so only for a

patient with whom the physician who makes the delegation has an

established physician-patient relationship.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.