BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                      S.B. 1313

                                                                                                                                            By: Uresti

Health & Human Services

4/21/2007

As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Currently, there are no uniform reporting requirements for various state boards overseeing health care professionals.  Because of a lack of uniform reporting, the legislature is unable to assess the efficacy of certain board actions.

As proposed, S.B. 1313 requires health occupation regulatory agencies to file an annual report with each legislative committee with oversight responsibility over the reporting board to enable the legislature to assess the effectiveness of the board.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subtitle A, Title 3, Occupations Code, by adding Chapter 113, as follows:

CHAPTER 113.  REPORTING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE HEALTH OCCUPATION REGULATORY AGENCIES

Sec. 113.001.  DEFINITIONS.  Defines "health care practitioner" and "health occupation regulatory agency."

Sec. 113.002.  ANNUAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.  (a)   Requires each health occupation regulatory agency to file a report with the chairs of the house and senate committees with primary oversight over the agency that includes the certain information not later than February 1 of each year.

SECTION 2.   Requires the Health Professions Council to adopt a standard reporting format to be used by agencies to report information required under Section 113.002(b), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2008.

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 2007.