Bill Text: TX HB2348 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board and the regulation of certain persons licensed by the board.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 29-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-11 - Referred to Public Health [HB2348 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2348-Introduced.html
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By: Zerwas | H.B. No. 2348 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board and the | ||
regulation of certain persons licensed by the board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 154.053, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall notify by personal delivery or certified | ||
mail a physician who is the subject of a complaint filed with the | ||
board that a complaint has been filed and shall provide the | ||
physician with a full copy, without redaction, of the complaint, | ||
including a statement of the alleged violation in plain language. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 154.0561, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The board shall deliver a copy of the preliminary and | ||
final reports, including any dissenting or minority report, to the | ||
physician who is the subject of the review. | ||
(f) The name and medical credentials of each physician who | ||
files an expert report shall be provided to the physician who is | ||
the subject of review. | ||
Section 3. Texas Medical Board shall adopt the rules | ||
required under Sections 156.059 and 301.304, Occupations Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. Not later than November 1, 2013, the Texas | ||
Medical Board shall adopt the rules required under Sections 154.053 | ||
and 154.0561, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. Not later than January 1, 2014, the Texas Medical | ||
Board shall report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and | ||
the speaker of the house of representatives concerning the adoption | ||
of rules as required by Sections 154.053 and 154.0561, Occupations | ||
Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. Sections 154.053 and 154.0561, Occupations Code, | ||
as added by this Act, apply only to the investigation of a complaint | ||
or a disciplinary action based on a complaint filed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. The investigation of a complaint or a | ||
disciplinary action based on a complaint filed before that date is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the complaint was filed, | ||
and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 7. The changes in law made by this Act relating to | ||
the Texas Medical Board's complaint procedures apply only to a | ||
complaint filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
complaint filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect on the date the complaint is filed, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |