84R9743 EES-F
 
  By: Zerwas H.B. No. 4008
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to procedures for complaints filed with the Texas Medical
  Board against physicians.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 154.053(a), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The board shall notify by personal delivery or certified
  mail a physician who is the subject of a complaint filed with the
  board that a complaint has been filed and shall provide [notify] the
  physician with a full copy [of the nature] of the complaint, without
  redaction, and a statement of the alleged violation in plain
  language [unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation].
         SECTION 2.  Section 154.0561, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
         (e)  The board shall deliver a copy of the preliminary and
  final reports, including any dissenting or minority report, to the
  physician who is the subject of the review.
         (f)  The name and medical credentials of each physician who
  files an expert report shall be provided to the physician who is the
  subject of the review.
         SECTION 3.  Not later than November 1, 2015, the Texas
  Medical Board shall adopt the rules required to implement the
  changes in law made by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  Sections 154.053 and 154.0561, Occupations Code,
  as amended by this Act, apply only to a complaint filed on or after
  November 1, 2015.  A complaint filed before that date is governed by
  the law in effect on the date the complaint was filed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.