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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board and the |
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regulation of certain persons licensed by the board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 154.053, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) to read as follows: |
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(a) The board shall notify by personal delivery or certified |
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mail a physician who is the subject of a complaint filed with the |
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board that a complaint has been filed and shall provide [notify] the |
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physician with a copy of the [nature of the] complaint, including a |
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statement of the alleged violation in plain language. The |
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complaint must be provided to the physician without redaction. |
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SECTION 2. Section 154.0561, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The board shall deliver a copy of the preliminary and |
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final reports, including any dissenting or minority report, to the |
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physician who is the subject of the review. |
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(f) The name and medical credentials of each physician who |
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files an expert report on the physician who is the subject of review |
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must be provided to the physician who is the subject of review. |
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SECTION 3. The Texas Medical Board shall adopt the rules |
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required under Sections 156.059 and 301.304, Occupations Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. Not later than 1/1/14 the Texas Medical Board |
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shall adopt rules required by Section 156.059, Occupations Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. Not later than 1/1/14 the Texas Medical Board |
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shall report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the |
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speaker of the house of representatives concerning the adoption of |
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rules as required by sections 156.059 and 301.304, Occupations |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 6. Sections 156.059(c) and 301.304(c), Occupations |
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Code, as added by this Act, apply only to the investigation of a |
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complaint or a disciplinary action based on a complaint filed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. The investigation of a |
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complaint or a disciplinary action based on a complaint filed |
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before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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complaint was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 7. The changes in law made by this Act relating to |
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the Texas Medical Board's complaint procedures apply only to a |
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complaint filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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complaint filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the complaint is filed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |