79R10794 KEG-D


By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 1924

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1924:                                   

By:  Merritt                                                  C.S.H.B. No. 1924



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the certification of certain health organizations by 
the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 162.001(c), Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(c)  The board shall certify a health organization to 
contract with or employ physicians licensed by the board if the 
organization:
		(1)  is:                                                               
			(A) a nonprofit corporation under the Texas 
Non–Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes) and Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)); or
			(B)  a hospital district:                                             
				(i)  recognized by a federal agency as a 
public entity for the purposes of receiving a grant related to a 
community or federally qualified health center described by 
Subdivision (2); and
				(ii)  located in a county that borders the 
United Mexican States; and
		(2)  is organized and operated as:                                            
			(A)  a migrant, community, or homeless health 
center under the authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C. 
Section 254b or 254c; or
			(B)  a federally qualified health center under 42 
U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.