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Amend CSSB 104 by adding a new SECTION ___ to the bill to read 
as follows: 
	SECTION ___.  Section 154.006, Occupations Code, is amended 
by amending Subsections (a), (b) and (g) and adding Subsection (j) 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The board shall create a profile of each physician 
licensed under this subtitle. The profile must:
		(1)  include the information required by Subsection 
(b); and                
		(2)  be compiled in a format that [permits the board to 
make] makes the information contained in the profile easily 
available to the public.
	(b)  A profile must contain the following information on each 
physician:     
		(1)  the name of each medical school attended and the 
dates of:             
			(A)  graduation; or                                                          
			(B)  Fifth Pathway designation and completion of 
the Fifth Pathway Program;
		(2)  a description of all graduate medical education in 
the United States or Canada;
		(3)  any specialty certification held by the physician 
and issued by a medical licensing board that is a member of the 
American Board of Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic 
Specialists;
		(4)  the number of years the physician has actively 
practiced medicine in:  
			(A)  the United States or Canada; and                                        
			(B)  this state;                                                             
		(5)  the name of each hospital in this state in which 
the physician has privileges;
		(6)  the physician's primary practice location;                               
		(7)  the type of language translating services, 
including translating services for a person with impairment of 
hearing, that the physician provides at the physician's primary 
practice location;
		(8)  whether the physician participates in the Medicaid 
program;            
		(9)  a description of any conviction for a felony, a 
Class A or Class B misdemeanor, or a Class C misdemeanor involving 
moral turpitude [during the 10-year period preceding the date of 
the profile];
		(10)  a description of any charges reported to the 
board [during the 10-year period preceding the date of the profile] 
to which the physician has pleaded no contest, for which the 
physician is the subject of deferred adjudication or pretrial 
diversion, or in which sufficient facts of guilt were found and the 
matter was continued by a court;
		(11)  a description of any disciplinary action against 
the physician by the board [during the 10-year period preceding the 
date of the profile];
		(12)  a description of any disciplinary action against 
the physician by a medical licensing board of another state [during 
the 10-year period preceding the date of the profile];
		(13)  a description of the final resolution taken by 
the board on medical malpractice claims or complaints required to 
be opened by the board under Section 164.201;
		(14)  whether the physician's patient service areas are 
accessible to disabled persons, as defined by federal law; [and]
		(15)  a description of any formal complaint against the 
physician initiated and filed under Section 164.005 and the status 
of the complaint; and
		(16)  the text of a formal complaint, filed under 
Section 164.005 of this Act, against the physician or of a board 
order related to the formal complaint.
	(g)  The board shall update the information contained in a 
physician's profile annually, except that information provided 
under (b)(16) of this subsection shall be updated within ten 
working days of the date of the board action. The board shall adopt 
a form that allows a physician to update information contained in a 
physician's profile. The form shall be made available on the 
Internet and in other formats as prescribed by board rule. The board 
may adopt rules concerning the type and content of additional 
information that may be included in a physician's profile.
	(j)  Information included in a physician's profile under 
Subsection (b) may not include any patient identifying information.