88R12745 DIO-F
	By: Allison	H.B. No. 3230

	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, 2023.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Occupations Code 157.0512 (Occupations Code 157)