CS/HB 1037: Optometry
GENERAL BILL by Health Quality Subcommittee ; Diaz, M.
Optometry; Provides sole authority to Board of Optometry over certain powers & duties; deletes provisions related to statutory formulary of oral ocular pharmaceutical agents; authorizes & provides requirements for certified optometrists in ophthalmic surgery to perform laser & non-laser procedures; provides requirements for course & examination; provides exceptions to prohibition against ophthalmic surgery procedures in practice of optometry; deletes express prohibition against surgery for certified optometrists.
Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Health and Human Services Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Health and Human Services Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/24/2017 | House |
• Filed |
| 3/6/2017 | House |
• Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 111 |
| 3/7/2017 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 111 |
| 3/13/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/15/17, 9:00 am, Mashburn Hall |
| 3/15/2017 | House |
• CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 7 -HJ 395 |
| 3/17/2017 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) |
| 3/20/2017 | House |
• Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee • CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 394 • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 394 • CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 394 |
| 4/18/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/20/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall --Temporarily Postponed |
| 5/5/2017 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Health and Human Services Committee |
