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Amend CSHB 1504 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 154.055, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 154.055. RELEASE OF COMPLAINT INFORMATION TO LEGISLATOR [LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE]. (a) On request from a member of the legislature [legislative committee created under Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Government Code], the board shall release to the member all information regarding a complaint against a physician [to aid in a legitimate legislative inquiry. The board may release the information only to the members of the committee].
(b) In complying with a request under Subsection (a), the board may not identify the complainant or the patient [and may reveal the identity of the affected physician only to the members of the committee].
SECTION ____. Section 164.001, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) The board may not adopt or implement a quota for a number of physicians to be disciplined within a specified period.
SECTION ____. Section 164.003, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding any other law, a member of the legislature is entitled to attend any informal meeting held under this section.