| 3 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain complaints concerning the Texas Medical Board. |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 154, Occupations Code, is |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 154.0555 to read as follows: |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 154.0555. SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN COMPLAINTS TO |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. (a) The board shall submit to each |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | standing committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | over the board a copy of any complaint submitted to the board by a |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | license holder regarding the board or an employee of the board, |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | including a complaint regarding the manner in which the board has |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | conducted an investigation of the license holder. |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | (b) The board shall submit the complaint and any related |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | information provided to the board not later than the 30th day after |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | the date the board receives the complaint or information. |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | to a complaint filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | complaint filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | the law in effect on the date the complaint was filed, and the |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
|---|