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79R3745 HLT-D

By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 1054



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to physicians or other licensed health care professionals 
contracting with the Angleton-Danbury Hospital District of 
Brazoria County, Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 1002, Special District 
Local Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2005, is amended by adding 
Section 1002.111 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1002.111.  CONTRACTS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES.  (a)  In 
this section, "licensed health care professional" means any person 
licensed or certified by or registered in this state to provide 
health care, including:
		(1)  a registered nurse;                                               
		(2)  a dentist;                                                        
		(3)  a podiatrist;                                                     
		(4)  a pharmacist;                                                     
		(5)  a chiropractor; and                                               
		(6)  an optometrist.                                                   
	(b)  The district may contract with physicians and other 
licensed health care professionals to provide health care services, 
including medical care, on behalf of the district.
	(c)  A physician or another licensed health care 
professional is, while performing services under the contract for 
the benefit of the district, an employee of the district solely for 
purposes of Chapters 101 and 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, 
and the district waives its sovereign immunity to the extent 
provided by Section 101.025, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
	(d)  Notwithstanding Section 108.001(2), Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code, a physician or other licensed health care 
professional is, while performing services under the contract for 
the benefit of the district, a public servant solely for purposes of 
Chapter 108, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of 
this Act.  A cause of action that accrues before the effective date 
of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that 
date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.