79R5359 HLT-D


By:  King of Zavala                                               H.B. No. 1456



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the board of directors of the Maverick 
County Hospital District to employ health care providers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 11, Chapter 172, Acts of the 59th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended by adding Subsection 
(k-1) to read as follows:
	(k-1)  The Board may employ physicians, dentists, or other 
health care providers as the Board considers necessary for the 
efficient operation of the district.  This subsection does not 
authorize the Board to supervise or control the practice of 
medicine or permit the unauthorized practice of medicine, as 
prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.