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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the employment of physicians and other staff by certain |
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municipal hospital authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 262.023(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board may delegate to the manager or executive |
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director the authority to manage the hospital and to employ and |
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discharge employees other than physicians hired in accordance with |
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Section 262.0235. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 262.0235 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 262.0235. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS AND STAFF. (a) The |
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board of a hospital authority created by the governing body of a |
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municipality with a population of not more than 10,000 may employ |
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physicians, technicians, nurses, other health care providers, |
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fiscal agents, accountants, and other necessary employees. |
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(b) This section may not be construed as authorizing the |
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board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as |
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prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2011. |