82R11128 ALB-D
By: Hardcastle H.B. No. 3817
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Gainesville Hospital District to
employ physicians and other health care providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 1077.060, Special
District Local Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2011, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1077.060. [APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF] STAFF AND
EMPLOYEES.
SECTION 2. Section 1077.060, Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2011, is amended by amending
Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) The district may employ physicians, technicians,
nurses, other health care providers, fiscal agents, accountants,
architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.
(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the
authority to hire district employees, except physicians.
(d) This section may not be construed as authorizing the
board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as
prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
SECTION 3. 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.