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| 1 | 1 | By: Schwertner S.B. No. 380 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Sheffield of Coryell) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the recording of an informal settlement conference to | |
| 8 | 8 | resolve a complaint to the Texas Medical Board against a physician. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subsection (i), Section 164.003, Occupations | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (i) On request by a physician under review, the board shall | |
| 13 | 13 | make a recording of the informal settlement conference | |
| 14 | 14 | proceeding. The recording is a part of the investigative file and | |
| 15 | 15 | may not be released to a third party unless authorized under this | |
| 16 | 16 | subtitle. On request of the physician, the board shall release the | |
| 17 | 17 | recording to the physician. The board may charge the physician a | |
| 18 | 18 | fee to cover the cost of recording the proceeding. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |