79R2159 DAK-D


By:  Nixon                                                        H.B. No. 744



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to updating citations to Chapter 74, Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code, in Chapter 164, Occupations Code.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 164.201, Occupations Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 164.201.  REVIEW BY BOARD IF THREE OR MORE MALPRACTICE 
CLAIMS.  The board shall review the medical competency of a 
physician against whom three or more expert reports under Section 
74.351, Civil Practice and Remedies Code [13.01, Medical Liability 
and Insurance Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes)], have been filed in three separate lawsuits 
within a five-year period in the same manner as if a complaint 
against the physician had been made to the board under Section 
154.051.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies to the review of medical 
competency based on filed reports, without regard to whether the 
reports were filed before, on, or after the effective date of this 
Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.