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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of the Texas Physician Health |
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Program; authorizing a surcharge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 153.051(d), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The board may not set, charge, collect, receive, or |
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deposit any of the following fees in excess of: |
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(1) $900 for a license; |
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(2) $400 for a first registration permit; |
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(3) $200 for a temporary license; |
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(4) $400 for renewal of a registration permit; |
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(5) $200 for a physician-in-training permit; |
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(6) $600 for the processing of an application and the |
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issuance of a registration for anesthesia in an outpatient setting; |
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(7) $200 for an endorsement to other state medical |
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boards; |
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(8) $200 for a duplicate license; |
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(9) $700 for a reinstated license after cancellation |
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for cause; or |
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(10) $15 [$1,200] for a surcharge [an annual fee] |
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under Section 153.053 to administer [167.011(c) for a program |
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participant in] the Texas Physician Health Program, due at the time |
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of license issuance and registration permit renewal. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 153, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 153.053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 153.053. SURCHARGE TO ADMINISTER TEXAS PHYSICIAN |
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HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) The board shall collect an additional |
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surcharge not to exceed $15 for each of the following fees: |
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(1) first registration permit; and |
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(2) renewal of a registration permit. |
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(b) The board shall deposit each surcharge collected under |
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this section to the credit of the Texas physician health program |
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account. The Texas physician health program account is a special |
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account in the general revenue fund. Money in the special account |
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shall be appropriated only to the board to pay for administration of |
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the Texas Physician Health Program under Chapter 167, including |
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paying for an initial evaluation by the program's medical director |
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or the director's designee. Money in the special account may not be |
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used to pay for program participant costs incurred for monitoring |
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or for a program participant's own medical costs, including any |
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further required evaluations, primary treatment, or continuing |
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care. |
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SECTION 3. Section 167.011, Occupations Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. Section 153.051, Occupations Code, as amended by |
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this Act, and Section 153.053, Occupations Code, as added by this |
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Act, apply to the initial issuance of a license or the renewal of a |
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registration permit under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, on |
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or after September 1, 2023. A license initially issued or |
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registration permit renewed before September 1, 2023, is governed |
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by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this |
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Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |