82R9603 ALB-D
By: Estes S.B. No. 1255
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the employment of physicians and other staff by certain
municipal hospital authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 262.023(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The board may delegate to the manager or executive
director the authority to manage the hospital and to employ and
discharge employees other than physicians hired in accordance with
Section 262.0235.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 262.0235 to read as follows:
Sec. 262.0235. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS AND STAFF. (a) The
board of a hospital authority created by the governing body of a
municipality with a population of not more than 10,000 may employ
physicians, technicians, nurses, other health care providers,
fiscal agents, accountants, and other necessary employees.
(b) 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.