Bill Summary

HB 631 Optometry (2021 Session)
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Sponsors
by Rizo  CS Sponsors: Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
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Summary
Optometry: Revises member composition requirements for Board of Optometry; revises circumstances under which certified optometrist may administer or prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents; requires board to adopt negative formulary of ocular pharmaceutical agents certified optometrists are prohibited from administering or prescribing; authorizes certified optometrists to perform laser & non-laser ophthalmic procedures & therapies; requires board to determine required content, grading criteria, & passing score for licensure examination for certified optometrists; authorizes certified optometrists to remove superficial foreign bodies. Effective Date: July 1, 2021
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committees of reference
   H Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
» H Health & Human Services Committee
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Actions
02/01/21
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Filed
02/18/21
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Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee
02/18/21
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Now in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
03/19/21
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On Committee agenda - Professions & Public Health Subcommittee, 03/23/21, 12:45 pm, 306 H
03/23/21
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Favorable with CS by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee; 14 Yeas, 3 Nays
03/24/21
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/26/21
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Now in Health & Human Services Committee
04/30/21
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Died in Health & Human Services Committee
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bill text & filed amendments
0631
Filed on 02/01/21
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Amendment 585073
Rizo
Filed on 03/22/21
Adopted
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0631C1
Filed on 03/24/21
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
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