1-1 By: Hardcastle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Haywood) H.B. No. 1018 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 26, 2001; 1-3 March 27, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health 1-4 and Human Services; April 30, 2001, reported adversely, with 1-5 favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1-6 0; April 30, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1018 By: Nelson 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to certain applications submitted to and reexaminations 1-11 given by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Section 155.1025 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 155.1025. EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS. The 1-16 board shall adopt rules for expediting any application for a 1-17 license under this subtitle made by a person who is licensed to 1-18 practice medicine in another state or country and who submits an 1-19 affidavit with the application that the applicant intends to 1-20 practice in a rural community as determined by the Center for Rural 1-21 Health Initiatives. 1-22 SECTION 2. Section 155.056, Occupations Code, is amended by 1-23 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-24 (c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), an applicant is 1-25 considered to have satisfied the requirements of this section if 1-26 the applicant: 1-27 (1) passed all but one part of an examination approved 1-28 by the board within three attempts and passed the remaining part of 1-29 the examination within six attempts; 1-30 (2) is specialty board certified by a specialty board 1-31 that: 1-32 (A) is a member of the American Board of Medical 1-33 Specialties; or 1-34 (B) is approved by the American Osteopathic 1-35 Association; and 1-36 (3) completed in this state an additional three years 1-37 of postgraduate medical training approved by the board. 1-38 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-39 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-40 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-41 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-42 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-43 * * * * *