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      By: Sparks  S.B. No. 397          (In the Senate - Filed November 20, 2024; February 3, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human   Services; March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following   vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to rules regarding the provision by a health professional   of 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), (d), and (e) 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.           (e)     Rules adopted under this section must require that a   health professional conduct an in-person examination of a patient   before an irreversible medical procedure is initiated.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *