Bill Text: TX SB2339 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to approval of graduate medical education by the Texas Medical Board and medical care provided at certain health care facilities by physicians with that education or certain board certification.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-25 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2339 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB2339-Introduced.html
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| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 2339 | |
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| relating to approval of graduate medical education by the Texas | ||
| Medical Board and medical care provided at certain health care | ||
| facilities by physicians with that education or certain board | ||
| certification. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 222, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED AT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE | ||
| FACILITIES BY PHYSICIANS WITH CERTAIN GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION | ||
| Sec. 222.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
| Commission. | ||
| (2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
| commissioner of the commission. | ||
| (3) "Health care facility" means a health care | ||
| facility licensed by the commission. | ||
| Sec. 222.102. MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED BY PHYSICIANS WITH | ||
| ALTERNATE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION OR BOARD CERTIFICATION. A | ||
| health care facility may not: | ||
| (1) in employing or granting practice or admitting | ||
| privileges for a physician to provide medical care to patients at | ||
| the facility, refuse to accept: | ||
| (A) graduate medical education that is approved | ||
| by the Texas Medical Board as provided by Section 155.012, | ||
| Occupations Code; or | ||
| (B) for board certification purposes, a | ||
| physician's specialty board certification that is issued by a | ||
| specialty board accredited by an organization the board approves | ||
| under Section 155.012, Occupations Code; or | ||
| (2) otherwise discriminate against a physician | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) in an employment or privilege decision | ||
| based on the physician's graduate medical education or board | ||
| certification. | ||
| Sec. 222.103. LICENSE REVOCATION. The commission shall | ||
| revoke the license of a health care facility that violates this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 222.104. RULES. The executive commissioner shall | ||
| adopt rules to implement this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 155.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 155.012. BOARD APPROVAL OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION. | ||
| (a) The board shall approve graduate medical education accredited | ||
| by an organization other than the Accreditation Council for | ||
| Graduate Medical Education if the board determines the organization | ||
| meets all requirements established by this subtitle and board rule. | ||
| (b) A reference in this chapter to the Accreditation Council | ||
| for Graduate Medical Education includes an organization the board | ||
| approves under Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act: | ||
| (1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement | ||
| Subchapter D, Chapter 222, Health and Safety Code, as added by this | ||
| Act; and | ||
| (2) the Texas Medical Board shall adopt the rules | ||
| necessary to implement Section 155.012, Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
