By Harris S.B. No. 595
77R5903 GJH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to access to certain complaints filed with the Texas State
1-3 Board of Medical Examiners.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 154, Occupations Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 154.0525 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 154.0525. COMPLAINT CONFIDENTIALITY. Except as
1-8 otherwise provided by this chapter, the basis of and current status
1-9 of any complaint under active investigation is confidential.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 154.054, Occupations Code, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 154.054. COMPLAINT INFORMATION TO HEALTH CARE ENTITY.
1-13 On written request, the board shall provide information to a health
1-14 care entity regarding[:]
1-15 [(1)] a complaint filed against a license holder that
1-16 was resolved after investigation by[:]
1-17 [(A)] a disciplinary order of the board[;] or
1-18 [(B)] an agreed settlement[; and]
1-19 [(2) the basis of and current status of any complaint
1-20 under active investigation].
1-21 SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a complaint filed with
1-22 the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners on or after the
1-23 effective date of this Act. A complaint filed before the effective
1-24 date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately
2-1 before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
2-2 continued in effect for that purpose.
2-3 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-4 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-5 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-6 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-7 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.