By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1813
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 25, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services;
May 5, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 3; May 5, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to procedures for complaints filed with the Texas Medical
Board against physicians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.053(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The board shall notify by personal delivery or certified
mail a physician who is the subject of a complaint filed with the
board that a complaint has been filed and shall provide [notify] the
physician with a full copy [of the nature] of the complaint, without
redaction, and a statement of the alleged violation in plain
language [unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation].
SECTION 2. Section 154.0561, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) The board shall deliver a copy of the preliminary and
final reports, including any dissenting or minority report, to the
physician who is the subject of the review.
(f) The name and medical credentials of each physician who
files an expert report shall be provided to the physician who is the
subject of the review.
SECTION 3. Not later than November 1, 2015, the Texas
Medical Board shall adopt the rules required to implement the
changes in law made by this Act.
SECTION 4. Sections 154.053 and 154.0561, Occupations Code,
as amended by this Act, apply only to a complaint filed on or after
November 1, 2015. A complaint filed before that date is governed by
the law in effect on the date the complaint was filed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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