84R1998 LED-F
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 998
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to administrative penalties assessed or imposed against
certain hospitals and reported to certain health professional
licensing boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 241.059, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows:
(i-1) Not later than the 30th day after the date an order
issued under this section is final, the department shall forward a
copy of the order to the appropriate licensing board of a health
care professional licensed under Title 3, Occupations Code, who the
department finds to be materially involved in the violation. The
licensing board shall retain a copy of the order in the health care
professional's file. The copy of the order is confidential to the
extent required by law.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the assessment or imposition of an administrative penalty under
Section 241.059, Health and Safety Code, for a violation that
occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. The assessment
or imposition of an administrative penalty under Section 241.059,
Health and Safety Code, for a violation that occurs before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the violation occurred, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.