87R7185 ANG-F
 
  By: Campos H.B. No. 3765
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to remedial plans issued by the State Board of Dental
  Examiners to address complaints against dentists and dental
  hygienists.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 263.0077, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as
  follows:
         (d)  The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a
  complaint against a license holder if the license holder has
  entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding five
  years [previously entered into a remedial plan with the board for
  the resolution of a different complaint filed under this subtitle].
         (f-1)  On or after the fifth anniversary of the date a
  remedial plan is issued under this section, the board may remove
  from the board's public Internet website any public information
  regarding the dentist or dental hygienist with respect to the plan
  and the complaint resolved by the plan, unless:
               (1)  the complaint was related to the delivery of
  health care; or
               (2)  more than one remedial plan has been issued to
  resolve complaints alleging the same violation by the dentist or
  dental hygienist, including a complaint not related to the delivery
  of health care.
         SECTION 2.  Section 263.0077, Occupations Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies to a remedial plan issued by the State Board of
  Dental Examiners on or after the effective date of this Act. A
  remedial plan issued before that date is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the plan was issued, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.