Bill Text: TX HB3434 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3434 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the time frame for passing certain licensing examinations for applicants seeking a license to practice medicine.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Public Health [HB3434 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3434-Introduced.html

	87R12193 MM-F

	By: Oliverson	H.B. No. 3434



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the time frame for passing certain licensing
	examinations for applicants seeking a license to practice medicine.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 155.051(b), Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b) An applicant who is a graduate of a program designed to
	lead to both a doctor of philosophy degree and a doctor of medicine
	degree or doctor of osteopathy degree must pass each part of an
	examination described by Section 155.0511(2), (3), (4), (6), or (7)
	not later than the earlier of the second anniversary of the date the
	applicant completed all [~~the~~] graduate medical training undertaken
	by the applicant, including internship, residency, and fellowship,
	or the 12th anniversary of the date the applicant began the
	graduate medical training [~~described by Section 155.003(a)(5)~~].
	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the Texas Medical Board shall adopt rules necessary to
	implement Section 155.051, Occupations Code, as amended by this
	Act.
	SECTION 3. Section 155.051, Occupations Code, as amended by
	this Act, applies to an application for a license to practice
	medicine issued under Chapter 155, Occupations Code, regardless of
	whether the application is submitted before, on, or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4. 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, 2021.