Bill Text: TX SB1895 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to a Texas Medical Board complaint for a violation described by Section 22.011(b)(12), Penal Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1895 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1895-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to a Texas Medical Board complaint for a violation described by Section 22.011(b)(12), Penal Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1895 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1895-Engrossed.html
By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1895 |
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relating to a Texas Medical Board complaint for a violation | ||
described by Section 22.011(b)(12), Penal Code. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 154.051, Occupations Code, is amended as | ||
follows by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1): | ||
(d) The board may not consider or act on a complaint | ||
involving care provided more than seven years before the date on | ||
which the complaint is received by the board unless the care was | ||
provided to a minor or the care involves a complaint under | ||
Subsection (d-1). If the care was provided to a minor, the board | ||
may not consider or act on a complaint involving the care after the | ||
later of: | ||
(1) the date the minor is 21 years of age; or | ||
(2) the seventh anniversary of the date of the care. | ||
(d-1) The board may not consider or act on a complaint | ||
involving an alleged violation of Section 22.011(b)(12), Penal | ||
Code, that occurred more than seven years before the date on which | ||
the complaint is received by the board or more than 2 years from the | ||
date the complainant knew or should have known of the facts giving | ||
rise to the complaint, whichever is later. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a | ||
complaint under Chapter 154, Occupations Code, initiated on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |