82R479 MAW-D By: Seliger S.B. No. 311 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of the board of directors of the Ochiltree County Hospital District to employ health care providers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1071.062, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (b) The board may employ physicians, technicians, nurses, other health care providers, fiscal agents, accountants, and other necessary employees. (c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to hire employees under Subsection (b) other than 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 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.