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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to administrative penalties assessed or imposed against |
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certain hospitals and reported to certain health professional |
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licensing boards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 241.059, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows: |
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(i-1) Not later than the 30th day after the date an order |
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issued under this section is final, the department shall forward a |
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copy of the order to the appropriate licensing board of a health |
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care professional licensed under Title 3, Occupations Code, who the |
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department finds to be materially involved in the violation. The |
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licensing board shall retain a copy of the order in the health care |
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professional's file. The copy of the order is confidential to the |
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extent required by law. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the assessment or imposition of an administrative penalty under |
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Section 241.059, Health and Safety Code, for a violation that |
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occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. The assessment |
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or imposition of an administrative penalty under Section 241.059, |
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Health and Safety Code, for a violation that occurs before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the violation occurred, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |