| 1 | 1 | | By: McClendon (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 2351 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 6, 2011, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the authority of the Bexar County Hospital District to |
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| 11 | 11 | | employ physicians. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0283 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 281.0283. BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | OF PHYSICIANS. (a) The board of the Bexar County Hospital |
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| 17 | 17 | | District may employ physicians as the board considers necessary for |
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| 18 | 18 | | the efficient operation of the district. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A physician employed by the Bexar County Hospital |
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| 20 | 20 | | District under this section must practice with a nonprofit health |
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| 21 | 21 | | organization certified by the Texas Medical Board and created by |
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| 22 | 22 | | the Bexar County Hospital District. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The term of an employment contract entered into under |
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| 24 | 24 | | this section may not exceed four years. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (d) This section may not be construed as authorizing the |
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| 26 | 26 | | board of the Bexar County Hospital District to supervise or control |
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| 27 | 27 | | the practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, |
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| 28 | 28 | | Occupations Code. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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