Bill Text: TX HB331 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the medical advisory board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB331 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB331-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: VanDeaver | H.B. No. 331 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 331: | |||
| By: Thompson of Harris | C.S.H.B. No. 331 | ||
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| relating to the medical advisory board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 12.092, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided in Subsection (c), the [ |
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| commissioner shall appoint the medical advisory board members from: | ||
| (1) persons licensed to practice medicine in this | ||
| state, including physicians who are board certified in internal | ||
| medicine, psychiatry, neurology, physical medicine, or | ||
| ophthalmology and who are jointly recommended by the department and | ||
| the Texas Medical Association; and | ||
| (2) persons licensed to practice optometry in this | ||
| state who are jointly recommended by the department and the Texas | ||
| Optometric Association. | ||
| (c) The commissioner shall appoint at least one | ||
| representative from the following agencies to the medical advisory | ||
| board: | ||
| (1) the department; and | ||
| (2) the Department of Public Safety of the State of | ||
| Texas. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 12.094(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The executive commissioner: | ||
| (1) shall [ |
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| of the medical advisory board; | ||
| (2) shall annually appoint from among the members a | ||
| chair and a vice chair of the medical advisory board; | ||
| (3) shall annually review the medical advisory board's | ||
| rules and internal procedures; | ||
| (4) by rule may establish a reasonable fee to pay a | ||
| member of the medical advisory board for the member's professional | ||
| consultation services; and | ||
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| for travel expenses as provided by Section 2110.004, Government | ||
| Code, for each meeting a member attends. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 12.095, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) At least one member of a panel must have medical | ||
| expertise relating to the medical condition of the applicant or | ||
| license holder whose application or license is being considered by | ||
| the panel. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
