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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to health care services provided at a hospital by a |
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physician who is not a member of the hospital's medical staff and |
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the hospital's liability for health care services provided by such |
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a physician. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 241, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 241.1013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 241.1013. SERVICES PROVIDED BY PHYSICIAN NOT ON |
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MEDICAL STAFF; LIMIT ON HOSPITAL LIABILITY. (a) A hospital shall |
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grant a physician who is not a member of the hospital's medical |
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staff temporary privileges to the extent necessary to provide care |
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or treatment to a patient at the hospital if the patient requests |
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care or treatment from that physician and an established |
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patient-practitioner relationship exists between the patient and |
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that physician. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a hospital is not liable |
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to a patient or another person for damages resulting from the care |
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or treatment provided to the patient at the hospital by a physician |
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described by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 241.1013(b), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. |
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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, 2025. |