Bill Text: TX HB2270 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that certain students, interns, residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or nonprofit hospitals receive time off to undergo an annual comprehensive health examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-15 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB2270 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2270-Engrossed.html
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| By: Moody | H.B. No. 2270 | |
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| relating to a requirement that certain students, interns, | ||
| residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or | ||
| nonprofit hospitals receive time off to undergo an annual | ||
| comprehensive health examination. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 312.004(d), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the [ |
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| contracting parties may determine the terms of and the | ||
| consideration for a contract authorized under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 312, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 312.0045 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 312.0045. REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISION: TIME OFF FOR | ||
| HEALTH EXAMINATION. A contract under Section 312.004 must require | ||
| a public or nonprofit hospital to provide each student, intern, | ||
| resident, and fellow who is enrolled at a contracting medical or | ||
| dental unit or supported medical or dental school and who is | ||
| receiving a clinical education at the public or nonprofit hospital | ||
| at least six consecutive hours of time off each year to undergo a | ||
| comprehensive health examination. The public or nonprofit hospital | ||
| at which the student, intern, resident, or fellow is receiving the | ||
| clinical education must offer to provide the examination at no | ||
| charge. A public or nonprofit hospital may not reduce the amount of | ||
| the compensation paid by the hospital to the student, intern, | ||
| resident, or fellow, if any, for time off taken for the examination. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act | ||
| is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was | ||
| entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
