Texas Human Resources Code

§ 32.059 — USE OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS FOR RESPIRATORY THERAPY SERVICES

HR § 32.059Title 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL · Part C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS · Ch. 32. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM · Art. B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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The executive commissioner by rule shall require that respiratory therapy services for ventilator-dependent persons furnished as part of a plan of care under this chapter be provided by a respiratory care practitioner authorized to practice respiratory care under Chapter 604, Occupations Code, when:

(1)respiratory therapy is determined by the recipient's treating physician to be the most effective method of treatment; and

(2)the use of a respiratory care practitioner is practicable and cost-neutral or cost-effective. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1167, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.134, eff. April 2, 2015.