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Will Texas Eye Surgeons No Longer Need a Medical Degree? Twin bills would expand the practice of optometrists. Advocates say they improve access. Critics say they could put patients at risk. By Will Maddox Published in Healthcare Business March 16, 2021 9:00 am Twin bills have been filed in the Texas House and Senate that would expand the scope of optometry practices, but critics say the new scope may endanger patients and allow optometrists to perform procedures for which they are not prepared. House Bill 2340 and Senate Bill 993 would allow optometrists to perform surgeries, manage complex glaucomas without any physician collaboration, prescribe hydrocodone-combination medications and other controlled substances, perform, prescribe, or order visual diagnostic studies, and shift medicine and surgery regulation from the Texas Medical Board to the Texas Optometry Board. ....