81R8165 TJS-D
By: Craddick H.B. No. 2904
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Martin County Hospital District to
employ physicians and other health care providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 674, Acts of the 60th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1967, is amended by adding Section 3A to read as
follows:
Sec. 3A. (a) The Board of Hospital Managers may employ
physicians or other health care providers as the Board considers
necessary for the efficient operation of the District.
(b) This section does not authorize the Board of Hospital
Managers to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as
prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.