Bill Text: TX SB1534 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to remedial plans issued by the State Board of Dental Examiners to address complaints against dentists and dental hygienists.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1534 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1534-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1534

AN ACT
relating to remedial plans issued by the State Board of Dental
Examiners to address complaints against dentists and dental
hygienists.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 263.0077, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as
follows:
(d) The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a
complaint against a license holder if the license holder has
entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding five
years [previously entered into a remedial plan with the board for
the resolution of a different complaint filed under this subtitle].
(f-1) On or after the fifth anniversary of the date a
remedial plan is issued under this section, the board may remove
from the board's public Internet website any public information
regarding the dentist or dental hygienist with respect to the plan
and the complaint resolved by the plan, unless:
(1) the complaint was related to the delivery of
health care; or
(2) more than one remedial plan has been issued to
resolve complaints alleging the same violation by the dentist or
dental hygienist, including a complaint not related to the delivery
of health care.
SECTION 2. Section 263.0077, Occupations Code, as amended
by this Act, applies to a remedial plan issued by the State Board of
Dental Examiners on or after the effective date of this Act. A
remedial plan issued before that date is governed by the law in
effect on the date the plan was issued, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1534 passed the Senate on
April 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1534 passed the House on
May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 3, two present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor