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House Bill 1532 |
House Author: Meyer |
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Effective: See below |
Senate Sponsor: Hughes |
House Bill 1532 amends the Medical Practice Act, Occupations Code, to set out provisions requiring the Texas Medical Board (TMB) to accept and process complaints made against a certified nonprofit health organization in the same manner as complaints made against health professionals. Among other provisions, including provisions authorizing TMB to refuse to certify, revoke the certification of, or impose an administrative penalty against such an organization for a violation of the act, the bill requires such an organization to develop, implement, and comply with an anti‑retaliation policy for physicians and sets out provisions with respect to an organization's failure to do so, requires such an organization to file a biennial report with the TMB that contains certain prescribed information and to submit with the report a fee prescribed by TMB rule, and requires the TMB to publish certain information provided in the report on its website. The bill takes effect September 1, 2019, except that provisions regarding an organization's failure to develop, implement, or comply with the anti‑retaliation policy take effect January 1, 2020.