Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the prescribing authority of prescribing practitioners during a public health disaster
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 16, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary During a public health disaster, professional boards cannot limit a healthcare provider's ability to prescribe medicine if those limits would discourage the provider from using their best professional judgment. This rule protects doctors and other licensed practitioners when they are deciding which treatments are best for their patients during an emergency.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits any health-related professional board under Code chapter 147 (general provisions, health-related professions) that licenses a prescribing practitioner from restricting the prescribing authority of a prescribing practitioner during a public health disaster in a way that acts as a deterrent for the practitioner to use a medication or treatment in accordance with the practitioner’s best professional judgment. The bill defines “prescribing practitioner” and “public health disaster” for the purposes of the bill.