83R31644 NC-D
 
  By: Sheffield of Coryell H.R. No. 2982
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Texas, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That House Rule 13,
  Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
  Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
  resolve the differences on Senate Bill 949 (licensing under the
  Medical Practice Act) to consider and take action on the following
  matter:
         House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
  committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either
  the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new
  SECTION to the bill:
         SECTION 2.  Section 155.051, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
         (d)  The time frame to pass each part of the examination does
  not apply to an applicant who:
               (1)  is licensed and in good standing as a physician in
  another state;
               (2)  has been licensed for at least five years;
               (3)  does not hold a medical license in the other state
  that has or has ever had any restrictions, disciplinary orders, or
  probation; and
               (4)  will practice in a medically underserved area or a
  health manpower shortage area, as those terms are defined by
  Section 157.052.
         (e)  The board may by rule establish a process to verify that
  a person, after meeting the requirements of Subsection (d),
  practices only in an area described by Subsection (d)(4).
         Explanation: This change is necessary to exempt certain
  applicants for a medical license from the time frame requirement to
  pass each part of the licensing examination.