Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 104 amends the Occupations Code and Labor Code to provide additional enforcement provisions for the regulation of the practice of medicine by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. The bill amends provisions related to the information to be included in the physician profiles maintained by the board and the time within which certain updates to the profiles are to be made. It requires the board to include in its annual financial report information on certain pending complaints and investigations and to provide for an expert panel to assist with complaints and investigations relating to medical competency. The bill provides that priority is to be given to complaints involving sexual misconduct, quality of care, and impaired physician issues and clarifies the procedures for determining medical competency. It changes the registration permit renewal period from one to two years and establishes additional requirements for the issuance of a renewal permit. Senate Bill 104 requires the board to adopt a schedule of disciplinary sanctions, requires an insurer to provide certain information to the board related to certain lawsuits, adds to the list of offenses the conviction of which results in the suspension or revocation of a license, includes provisions related to certain licensing fees and surcharges, and amends the procedures for the temporary suspension or restriction of a license.