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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Starr County Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 118, Acts of the 63rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1973, is amended by adding a new |
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subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) The hospital district may employ physicians and other |
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health care providers as the district considers necessary for the |
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efficient operation of the district. This subsection may not be |
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construed as authorizing the hospital district to supervise or |
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control the practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, |
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Title 3, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |