| 11 | | - | SECTION 1. Section 12.092, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 12 | | - | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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| 13 | | - | read as follows: |
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| 14 | | - | (a) Except as provided in Subsection (c), the [The] |
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| 15 | | - | commissioner shall appoint the medical advisory board members from: |
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| 16 | | - | (1) persons licensed to practice medicine in this |
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| 17 | | - | state, including physicians who are board certified in internal |
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| 18 | | - | medicine, psychiatry, neurology, physical medicine, or |
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| 19 | | - | ophthalmology and who are jointly recommended by the department and |
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| 20 | | - | the Texas Medical Association; and |
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| 21 | | - | (2) persons licensed to practice optometry in this |
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| 22 | | - | state who are jointly recommended by the department and the Texas |
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| 23 | | - | Optometric Association. |
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| 24 | | - | (c) The commissioner shall appoint at least one |
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| 25 | | - | representative from the following agencies to the medical advisory |
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| 26 | | - | board: |
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| 27 | | - | (1) the department; and |
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| 28 | | - | (2) the Department of Public Safety of the State of |
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| 29 | | - | Texas. |
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| 30 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 12.094(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 31 | | - | amended to read as follows: |
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| 32 | | - | (a) The executive commissioner: |
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| 33 | | - | (1) shall [may] adopt rules to govern the activities |
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| 34 | | - | of the medical advisory board; |
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| 35 | | - | (2) shall annually appoint from among the members a |
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| 36 | | - | chair and a vice chair of the medical advisory board; |
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| 37 | | - | (3) shall annually review the medical advisory board's |
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| 38 | | - | rules and internal procedures; |
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| 39 | | - | (4) by rule may establish a reasonable fee to pay a |
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| 40 | | - | member of the medical advisory board for the member's professional |
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| 41 | | - | consultation services; and |
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| 42 | | - | (5) [(3)] if appropriate, may authorize reimbursement |
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| 43 | | - | for travel expenses as provided by Section 2110.004, Government |
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| 44 | | - | Code, for each meeting a member attends. |
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| 45 | | - | SECTION 3. Section 12.095, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 46 | | - | amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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| 47 | | - | (b-1) At least one member of a panel must have medical |
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| 48 | | - | expertise relating to the medical condition of the applicant or |
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| 49 | | - | license holder whose application or license is being considered by |
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| 50 | | - | the panel. |
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| 51 | | - | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 12, Health and Safety |
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| 11 | + | Code, is amended by adding Section 12.099 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | + | Sec. 12.099. OPEN MEETINGS. (a) All meetings of the |
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| 13 | + | medical advisory board or a panel shall be conducted in accordance |
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| 14 | + | with the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code. |
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| 15 | + | (b) This section and Chapter 551, Government Code, do not |
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| 16 | + | require the medical advisory board or a panel to conduct an open |
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| 17 | + | meeting to deliberate a record, a report, or testimony described by |
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| 18 | + | Section 12.097(a). |
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| 19 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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