| 1 | 1 | | 84R8276 MAW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.B. No. 1508 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the issuance of a license in this state to certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | physicians licensed outside of this state. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to improve health care |
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| 11 | 11 | | in this state by encouraging physicians to relocate to this state |
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| 12 | 12 | | and by providing for the expedited licensing of those physicians. |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 155.010 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 155.010. LICENSING OF PHYSICIANS WITH CERTAIN |
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| 16 | 16 | | SPECIALTIES; RECIPROCITY. (a) This section applies only to an |
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| 17 | 17 | | applicant who is a physician licensed in a jurisdiction other than |
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| 18 | 18 | | this state and who holds a specialty certification recognized by |
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| 19 | 19 | | the board in one of the following areas: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) primary care; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) psychiatry; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) family practice; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) internal medicine; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) pediatrics; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (6) obstetrics and gynecology. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) The board shall issue a license to an applicant |
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| 27 | 27 | | described by Subsection (a) who the board determines holds a |
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| 28 | 28 | | license issued by another jurisdiction that has licensing |
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| 29 | 29 | | requirements substantially equivalent to or more stringent than the |
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| 30 | 30 | | requirements of this state. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) The board shall issue a license to an applicant who |
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| 32 | 32 | | holds a license issued by a jurisdiction with which this state has a |
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| 33 | 33 | | reciprocity agreement. The board shall enter into an agreement with |
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| 34 | 34 | | another jurisdiction for the issuance of licenses by reciprocity to |
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| 35 | 35 | | applicants described by Subsection (a) if the other jurisdiction |
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| 36 | 36 | | has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent to or |
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| 37 | 37 | | more stringent than the requirements of this state. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 39 | 39 | | to an applicant for a physician license who submits an application |
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| 40 | 40 | | on or after January 1, 2016. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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