Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1491 amends the Medical Practice Act to authorize a private nonprofit medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education to retain all or part of the professional income generated by a physician for medical services if the physician is employed as a faculty member of the school and provides medical services as part of the physician's responsibilities. The act requires a private medical school to establish a committee to approve or adopt policies to ensure that a physician who retains income relating to this act is exercising independent medical judgment in providing care to patients in the school's clinical programs. House Bill 1491 also adds requirements relating to private medical schools' responsibilities and authority under the act.