HBA-JRA H.B. 2669 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2669 By: Capelo Public Health 4/5/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, only applicants for medical staff membership are provided with procedural due process. Many of the concerns of a member of a hospital staff arise when the hospital terminates membership, refuses to renew membership, or limits the privileges of medical staff. Many hospitals already provide due process for these actions because of the passage of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (Public Law No. 99-660), which requires adverse actions concerning a quality of care issue to be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank. H.B 2669 recognizes the change in the legal and practice environment of hospitals and medical staff members by amending the Health and Safety Code to provide that the process for considering the renewal, modification, or revocation of medical staff membership and privileges must afford each physician, podiatrist, and dentist procedural due process. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 241.101(c), Health and Safety Code, to provide that the process for considering the renewal, modification, or revocation of medical staff membership and privileges must afford each physician, podiatrist, and dentist procedural due process. SECTION 2.Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.