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79R6754 KEG-D

By:  Corte                                                        H.B. No. 1967



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the employment of physicians by certain countywide 
hospital districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 281.028(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board may appoint doctors to the district's staff 
and hire doctors, technicians, nurses, and other employees the 
board considers advisable for the district's efficient operation.
	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.