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HB1700 • 2025

Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Fairly | Shaheen | Frank | Howard | Morales, Eddie
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

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Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  5. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  6. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  8. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  9. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  10. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  12. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  14. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  15. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  17. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  27. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  28. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  29. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  30. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  31. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  32. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#313

  33. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  34. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  35. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  36. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  37. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  38. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  39. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  40. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  41. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  42. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  43. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  44. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  45. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  46. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  47. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  48. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  49. 2024-12-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1700 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 1700

AN ACT

relating to certain records of a health professional providing 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) and (d) 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.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1700 was passed by the House on April

17, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1700 was passed by the Senate on May

21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor