80R6925 MSE-F
 
  By: Delisi H.B. No. 1973
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure to process an application for a
physician's license.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 155.007, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (h), (i), and (j) to read as follows:
       (h) Not later than January 1 of each year:
             (1)  the executive director shall review the policy and
procedures the board uses to issue licenses;
             (2)  the board shall perform a needs assessment to
enable the board to determine the performance goals that the board
must meet to reduce any unreasonable delays in the timely
completion of the licensing process and to ensure the process is
completed in a reasonable number of days; and
             (3)  the executive director shall issue a report to the
governor, the Legislative Budget Board, and the relevant committees
of the senate and the house of representatives on the state of the
board's licensing process.
       (i)  The report required under Subsection (h)(3) must
include a projected yearly budget for board staffing and technology
improvements that will allow the board to issue licenses within a
reasonable number of days.
       (j)  The board and the executive director shall ensure that
any change in licensing policies or procedures is made only to
increase the number of licenses issued under this chapter, reduce
unreasonable delays in the licensing process, and maintain public
safety.
       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, 2007.