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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.059: USE OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS FOR RESPIRATORY THERAPY SERVICES.

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  1. HUMAN RESOURCES CODE
  2. TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL
  3. SUBTITLE C. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
  4. CHAPTER 32. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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:

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:18Z. Source file · JSON

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