Bill Text: TX SB1086 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of the Texas Physician Health Program; authorizing a surcharge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-20 - Received from the Senate [SB1086 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1086-Engrossed.html
By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1086 |
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relating to the administration of the Texas Physician Health | ||
Program; authorizing a surcharge. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 153.051(d), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(d) The board may not set, charge, collect, receive, or | ||
deposit any of the following fees in excess of: | ||
(1) $900 for a license; | ||
(2) $400 for a first registration permit; | ||
(3) $200 for a temporary license; | ||
(4) $400 for renewal of a registration permit; | ||
(5) $200 for a physician-in-training permit; | ||
(6) $600 for the processing of an application and the | ||
issuance of a registration for anesthesia in an outpatient setting; | ||
(7) $200 for an endorsement to other state medical | ||
boards; | ||
(8) $200 for a duplicate license; | ||
(9) $700 for a reinstated license after cancellation | ||
for cause; or | ||
(10) $15 [ |
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under Section 153.053 to administer [ |
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of license issuance and registration permit renewal. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 153, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 153.053 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 153.053. SURCHARGE TO ADMINISTER TEXAS PHYSICIAN | ||
HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) The board shall collect an additional | ||
surcharge not to exceed $15 for each of the following fees: | ||
(1) first registration permit; and | ||
(2) renewal of a registration permit. | ||
(b) The board shall deposit each surcharge collected under | ||
this section to the credit of the Texas physician health program | ||
account. The Texas physician health program account is a special | ||
account in the general revenue fund. Money in the special account | ||
shall be appropriated only to the board to pay for administration of | ||
the Texas Physician Health Program under Chapter 167, including | ||
paying for an initial evaluation by the program's medical director | ||
or the director's designee. Money in the special account may not be | ||
used to pay for program participant costs incurred for monitoring | ||
or for a program participant's own medical costs, including any | ||
further required evaluations, primary treatment, or continuing | ||
care. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 167.011, Occupations Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 153.051, Occupations Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, and Section 153.053, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
Act, apply to the initial issuance of a license or the renewal of a | ||
registration permit under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, on | ||
or after September 1, 2023. A license initially issued or | ||
registration permit renewed before September 1, 2023, is governed | ||
by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this | ||
Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |