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By: Hall, Sparks |
S.B. No. 2422 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; March 25, 2025, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; |
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April 28, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 28, 2025, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2422 |
By: Perry |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to investigations and disciplinary or punitive action by |
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the Texas Medical Board regarding certain treatments or practices |
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regarding COVID-19 and to the required expungement of certain |
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records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 153, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 153.017 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 153.017. LIMITATION ON INVESTIGATIVE AND DISCIPLINARY |
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AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding any other law, the board may not |
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investigate or take disciplinary or other punitive action against a |
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person regulated by the board for: |
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(1) prescribing or advocating for the use of |
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ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, or budesonide in the prevention or |
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treatment of COVID-19; |
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(2) making statements regarding the efficacy of masks |
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in preventing the transmission of COVID-19; or |
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(3) failing to wear or require others to wear masks |
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intended to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in connection with |
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the person's practice, other than in areas where it was customary to |
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wear masks before the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law and not later than |
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December 1, 2025, the Texas Medical Board shall: |
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(1) review its records and expunge any record created |
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on or after January 1, 2020, related to the investigation of or |
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disciplinary or other punitive action taken against a person |
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regulated by the board if the record contains any of the following |
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words: |
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(A) budesonide; |
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(B) hydroxychloroquine; |
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(C) ivermectin; or |
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(D) mask; and |
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(2) in connection with each record expunged under |
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Subdivision (1), vacate any disciplinary action imposed and rescind |
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any other punitive action taken by the board. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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