By: McClendon (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 2351
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 6, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Bexar County Hospital District to
employ physicians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0283 to read as follows:
Sec. 281.0283. BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT
OF PHYSICIANS. (a) The board of the Bexar County Hospital
District may employ physicians as the board considers necessary for
the efficient operation of the district.
(b) A physician employed by the Bexar County Hospital
District under this section must practice with a nonprofit health
organization certified by the Texas Medical Board and created by
the Bexar County Hospital District.
(c) The term of an employment contract entered into under
this section may not exceed four years.
(d) This section may not be construed as authorizing the
board of the Bexar County Hospital District 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, 2011.
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