Bill Text: TX HB4028 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Physician Assistant Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB4028 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4028-Introduced.html
88R8741 SCP-F | ||
By: Plesa | H.B. No. 4028 |
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relating to the authority of the Texas Physician Assistant Board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 153.0015(a) and (b), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall adopt guidelines to establish | ||
procedures for receiving input during the rulemaking process from | ||
individuals and groups that have an interest in matters under the | ||
board's jurisdiction, including input from [ |
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Examiners. The guidelines must provide an opportunity for those | ||
individuals and groups to provide input before the board provides | ||
notice of the proposed rule under Section 2001.023, Government | ||
Code. | ||
(b) The guidelines adopted under this section shall also | ||
include procedures for the board to receive comments on rules | ||
recommended by the [ |
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for adoption by the board. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 204.051, Occupations | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 204.051. REFERENCE IN OTHER LAW [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 204.101, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 204.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. The | ||
physician assistant board shall: | ||
(1) adopt rules that are reasonable and necessary to | ||
implement [ |
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Code, including rules to establish: | ||
(A) licensing and other fees; | ||
(B) license renewal dates; and | ||
(C) procedures for disciplinary actions; | ||
(2) review and approve or reject each application for | ||
the issuance or renewal of a license; | ||
(3) issue each license; | ||
(4) deny, suspend, or revoke a license or otherwise | ||
discipline a license holder; and | ||
(5) take any action necessary to carry out the | ||
functions and duties of the physician assistant board under this | ||
chapter. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 204.1015, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 204.1015. GUIDELINES FOR EARLY INVOLVEMENT IN | ||
RULEMAKING PROCESS. (a) The physician assistant board shall adopt | ||
guidelines to establish procedures for receiving input during the | ||
rulemaking process from individuals and groups that have an | ||
interest in matters under the board's jurisdiction. [ |
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(b) [ |
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unable to solicit a significant amount of input from the public or | ||
affected persons early in the rulemaking process, the physician | ||
assistant board shall state in writing the reasons why the | ||
physician assistant board was unable to do so. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 204.107, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 204.107. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. The [ |
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board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public | ||
with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the physician | ||
assistant board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of | ||
the physician assistant board. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 204.110(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The [ |
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policy to encourage the use of: | ||
(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter | ||
2008, Government Code, for the adoption of physician assistant | ||
board rules; and | ||
(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution | ||
procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the | ||
resolution of internal and external disputes under the physician | ||
assistant board's jurisdiction. | ||
SECTION 7. The following provisions are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 204.051(a), Occupations Code; and | ||
(2) Section 204.102, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |