88R6717 SHH-F
	By: Hughes	S.B. No. 584

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist
	without a referral.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 453.301(a-1) and (b), Occupations Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(a-1)  A [Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), a] physical
	therapist may treat a patient under Subsection (a) for not more than
	30 [10] consecutive business days.
	(b)  The physical therapist must obtain a referral from a
	referring practitioner before the physical therapist may continue
	treatment that exceeds treatment authorized under Subsection (a-1)
	[or (a-2), as applicable].
	SECTION 2.  Section 453.301(a-2), Occupations Code, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 3.  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Board
	of Physical Therapy Examiners shall adopt rules necessary to
	implement Section 453.301, Occupations Code, as amended by this
	Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.