Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1755 amends the Occupations Code to allow the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, and the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners to deny an application for a license or license renewal, suspend a license, or take other disciplinary action against an applicant or licensee who has defaulted on a student loan or breached a loan repayment or scholarship contract by failing to meet a contractual service obligation.

            A licensing authority may take such action against an individual on receipt of information from a governmental entity administering a student loan, loan repayment, or scholarship program that the individual has defaulted on the loan or breached the contract. The licensing authority also may rescind such action on receipt of notice that the person either has entered into an agreement with the governmental entity to repay the loan, meet the contractual obligation, or pay any damages required by the contract or has taken other remedial action, and it may reinstate the original action on receipt of notice of a subsequent default or breach of an agreement.