86R13089 BRG-F
 
  By: Oliverson, Davis of Harris, H.B. No. 3182
      Martinez Fischer
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as
  governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 101, Civil Practice and
  Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 101.004 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 101.004.  STATUS OF MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS. For
  purposes of this chapter, a resident or fellow in a graduate medical
  training program for physicians that is sponsored by a governmental
  unit, including a medical and dental unit, as defined by Section
  61.003, Education Code, is considered to be an employee of a
  governmental unit regardless of the method or source of payment of
  the resident or fellow.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.