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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the recording of an informal settlement conference to |
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resolve a complaint to the Texas Medical Board against a physician. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (i), Section 164.003, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(i) On request by a physician under review, the board shall |
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make a recording of the informal settlement conference proceeding. |
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The recording is a part of the investigative file and may not be |
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released to a third party unless authorized under this subtitle. On |
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request of the physician, the board shall release the recording to |
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the physician. The board may charge the physician a fee to cover |
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the cost of recording the proceeding. |
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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, 2013. |
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