88R27095 MPF-D
 
  By: Moody H.B. No. 2270
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2270:
 
  By:  Klick C.S.H.B. No. 2270
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that certain students, interns,
  residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or
  nonprofit hospitals receive time off to undergo an annual
  comprehensive health examination.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 312.004(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the [The]
  contracting parties may determine the terms of and the
  consideration for a contract authorized under this section.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 312, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 312.0045 to read as follows:
         Sec. 312.0045.  REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISION: TIME OFF FOR
  HEALTH EXAMINATION. A contract under Section 312.004 must require
  a public or nonprofit hospital to provide each student, intern,
  resident, and fellow who is enrolled at a contracting medical or
  dental unit or supported medical or dental school and who is
  receiving a clinical education at the public or nonprofit hospital
  at least six consecutive hours of time off each year to undergo a
  comprehensive health examination. The public or nonprofit hospital
  at which the student, intern, resident, or fellow is receiving the
  clinical education must offer to provide the examination at no
  charge. A public or nonprofit hospital may not reduce the amount of
  the compensation paid by the hospital to the student, intern,
  resident, or fellow, if any, for time off taken for the examination.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this
  Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was
  entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.