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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to remedial plans issued by the State Board of Dental |
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Examiners to address complaints against dentists and dental |
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hygienists. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 263.0077, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a |
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complaint against a license holder if the license holder has |
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entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding five |
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years [previously entered into a remedial plan with the board for |
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the resolution of a different complaint filed under this subtitle]. |
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(f-1) On or after the fifth anniversary of the date a |
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remedial plan is issued under this section, the board may remove |
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from the board's public Internet website any public information |
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regarding the dentist or dental hygienist with respect to the plan |
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and the complaint resolved by the plan, unless: |
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(1) the complaint was related to the delivery of |
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health care; or |
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(2) more than one remedial plan has been issued to |
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resolve complaints alleging the same violation by the dentist or |
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dental hygienist, including a complaint not related to the delivery |
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of health care. |
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SECTION 2. Section 263.0077, Occupations Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies to a remedial plan issued by the State Board of |
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Dental Examiners on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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remedial plan issued before that date is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the plan was issued, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |