Bill Text: TX HB2351 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Bexar County Hospital District to employ physicians.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2351 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2351-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2351 | ||
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| relating to the authority of the Bexar County Hospital District to | ||
| employ physicians. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0283 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 281.0283. BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT | ||
| OF PHYSICIANS. (a) The board of the Bexar County Hospital District | ||
| may employ physicians as the board considers necessary for the | ||
| efficient operation of the district. | ||
| (b) A physician employed by the Bexar County Hospital | ||
| District under this section must practice with a nonprofit health | ||
| organization certified by the Texas Medical Board and created by | ||
| the Bexar County Hospital District. | ||
| (c) The term of an employment contract entered into under | ||
| this section may not exceed four years. | ||
| (d) This section may not be construed as authorizing the | ||
| board of the Bexar County Hospital District to supervise or control | ||
| the practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2351 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 5, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2351 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
