By:  McReynolds                                                   H.B. No. 3102



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the employment recruitment and retention of physicians 
by rural hospitals.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 162, Occupations Code is amended by 
amending Section 162.001(c) 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 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));  and or,
		(2)  a hospital located in a county with a population of 
50,00 or less; or designated as a critical access hospital under the 
authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1395i-4 or as 
a sole community hospital under the authority of and in compliance 
with 42 U.S.C. Section 1395ww(d)(5)(D)(iii).
		(3) [(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.