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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health |
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care practitioners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 112, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C. COMPLAINT REFERRALS |
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Sec. 112.101. COMPLAINTS AGAINST HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER |
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LICENSED BY DIFFERENT LICENSING ENTITY. (a) Notwithstanding any |
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other law, a licensing entity that receives a complaint concerning |
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a health care practitioner who holds a license issued by a different |
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licensing entity shall promptly forward a copy of the complaint to |
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that licensing entity. |
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(b) A licensing entity may not take disciplinary action |
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based on a complaint against a health care practitioner who holds a |
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license issued by a different licensing entity unless: |
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(1) the licensing entity that issued the license |
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refers the complaint back to the licensing entity that received the |
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complaint for investigation and resolution; or |
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(2) the disciplinary action is taken under Subtitle B |
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for practicing medicine in this state without a license. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a complaint filed against a health care practitioner on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A complaint filed before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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complaint was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |