86R5487 MAW-D
By: Zedler, Minjarez, Flynn H.B. No. 603
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain complaints concerning the Texas Medical Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 154, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 154.0555 to read as follows:
Sec. 154.0555. SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN COMPLAINTS TO
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. (a) The board shall submit to each
standing committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction
over the board a copy of any complaint submitted to the board by a
license holder regarding the board or an employee of the board,
including a complaint regarding the manner in which the board has
conducted an investigation of the license holder.
(b) The board shall submit the complaint and any related
information provided to the board not later than the 30th day after
the date the board receives the complaint or information.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a complaint filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
complaint filed before the effective date of this Act 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.