| 1 | 1 | | 86R13229 MAW-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zedler H.B. No. 2751 |
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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 disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board |
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| 8 | 8 | | regarding complaints concerning health care professionals licensed |
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| 9 | 9 | | by other agencies. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 154, Occupations Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 154.059 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 154.059. COMPLAINT CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL LICENSED |
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| 14 | 14 | | UNDER OTHER LAW. Notwithstanding any other law: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) on receipt of a complaint regarding a person who is |
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| 16 | 16 | | licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to practice a |
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| 17 | 17 | | profession under this title, other than a physician or other person |
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| 18 | 18 | | licensed by the board, the board shall promptly forward a copy of |
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| 19 | 19 | | the complaint to the appropriate licensing agency; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the board may not take disciplinary action against |
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| 21 | 21 | | the person based on the complaint if the appropriate licensing |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency, after an investigation, takes disciplinary action against |
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| 23 | 23 | | the person or dismisses the complaint without taking disciplinary |
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| 24 | 24 | | action. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 26 | 26 | | to a complaint filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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| 27 | 27 | | complaint filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 28 | 28 | | the law in effect on the date the complaint was filed, and the |
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| 29 | 29 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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