SRC-TBR H.B. 3153 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 3153
77R7782 SMH-FBy: Capelo (Gallegos)
Health & Human Services
5/10/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law allows doctors of podiatry or dentistry to create jointly
owned, managed, or operated health care facilities in the form of
professional associations.  H.B. 3153 authorizes one or more persons duly
licensed to practice chiropractic to form certain professional
associations. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 2(A), Texas Professional Association Act
(Article 1528f, V.T.C.S.), to read as follows: 

(A)  Formation.  Authorizes any one or more persons duly licensed to
practice a profession, including podiatry, dentistry, or chiropractic,
under the laws of this state to, by complying with this Act, form a
professional association, as distinguished from either a partnership or a
corporation, by associating themselves for the purpose of performing
professional services and dividing the gains therefrom as stated in
articles of association or bylaws. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.