By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1882
 
  (Bonnen of Galveston)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice regarding voting by physicians at certain
  entities to authorize the differentiation of physicians based on
  maintenance of certification.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 241, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 241.1011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 241.1011.  HOSPITAL AUTHORITY TO DIFFERENTIATE BASED ON
  MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION. An entity to which Section 151.0515,
  Occupations Code, applies violates this chapter if the entity does
  not comply with the requirements of Section 151.0515(c-1),
  Occupations Code, regarding the provision of written notice
  regarding the ability to vote on the entity's differentiation
  between physicians based on a physician's maintenance of
  certification.
         SECTION 2.  Section 151.0515, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  An entity described by Subsection (a) shall provide
  written notice to the voting physician members of the entity's
  organized medical staff of the process by which the members may vote
  on the entity's differentiation between physicians based on a
  physician's maintenance of certification.  The notice must:
               (1)  state that any vote must comply with:
                     (A)  the normal voting process of the entity and
  the entity's organized medical staff; and
                     (B)  any applicable law, regulation, or
  accreditation requirement; and
               (2)  be provided:
                     (A)  at least once each calendar year; and
                     (B)  in a form acceptable to the entity and the
  entity's organized medical staff for a similar notification, which
  may include in electronic form.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.