| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 732 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the removal of certain information from a physician's |
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| 6 | 6 | | medical board profile. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 154.006, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 9 | | adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (k) In the annual update of a physician's profile under |
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| 11 | 11 | | Subsection (g), the board shall remove any record of a formal |
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| 12 | 12 | | complaint required under Subsection (b)(15) or (i) if the complaint |
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| 13 | 13 | | was dismissed more than five years before the date of the update and |
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| 14 | 14 | | the complaint was dismissed as baseless, unfounded, or not |
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| 15 | 15 | | supported by sufficient evidence that a violation occurred, or no |
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| 16 | 16 | | action was taken against the physician's license as a result of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | complaint. The board shall also remove any record of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | investigation of medical malpractice claims or complaints required |
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| 19 | 19 | | to be investigated by the board under Section 164.201 if the |
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| 20 | 20 | | investigation was resolved more than five years before the date of |
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| 21 | 21 | | the update and no action was taken against the physician's license |
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| 22 | 22 | | as a result of the investigation. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 24 | 24 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 26 | 26 | | I certify that H.B. No. 732 was passed by the House on May 15, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 28 | 28 | | voting. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ______________________________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 31 | 31 | | I certify that H.B. No. 732 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 32 | 32 | | 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 33 | 33 | | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | 35 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 36 | 36 | | Date |
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| 37 | 37 | | _____________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Governor |
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