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55.022D Child Abuse Reporting Suspected Cases

55.022D

55.022Child Abuse Reporting Suspected Cases: The Texas Medical Association favors and will seek legislation that will provide absolute immunity from civil suit to physicians reporting suspected abuse in accordance with state law and will work to achieve the highest possible level of confidentiality and immunity in good faith reporting of abuse (Substitute Res. 28BB, p 217C, A-96; deleted CL Rep. 1-A-06).

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October 07, 2016

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Texas Medicine 

The way the Texas Legislature conducts business during the 2021 session may look different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Texas Medical Association’s commitment to improving health care remains the same. Some of those goals are up against deep cuts to state agency budgets. At the same time, however, the pandemic has created opportunities for medicine to bend lawmakers’ ear on some of its longstanding goals, including advancing access to care, vaccines, health coverage, and telemedicine. Plus, physicians have proven ways to respond to patients’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. 

 

 

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