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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to procedures for complaints filed with the Texas Medical |
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Board against physicians. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 154.053(a), Occupations Code, is amended |
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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 full copy [of the nature] of the complaint, without |
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redaction, and a statement of the alleged violation in plain |
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language [unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 154.0561, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (e) and (f) 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 shall be provided to the physician who is the |
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subject of the review. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than November 1, 2015, the Texas |
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Medical Board shall adopt the rules required to implement the |
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changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 154.053 and 154.0561, Occupations Code, |
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as amended by this Act, apply only to a complaint filed on or after |
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November 1, 2015. A complaint filed before that date is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the complaint was filed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |