By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1323
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to preemployment physical examinations for employment
with the Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 505.054, Labor Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 505.054. PREEMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL [REQUIRED]; EXAMINING
PHYSICIANS.
SECTION 2. Sections 505.054(a) and (c), Labor Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department may require that an [An] individual may
not be certified as an employee of the department under this chapter
until the individual:
(1) submits to a physical examination as provided by
this section; and
(2) is certified by the examining physician to be
physically fit to perform the duties and services to which the
individual is to be assigned.
(c) The department may [shall] designate a convenient
number of regularly licensed practicing physicians to make physical
examinations of individuals [employed by or to be employed by the
department] to determine if the individuals are physically fit for
employment with the [to be classified as] department [employees].
SECTION 3. Section 505.054(b), Labor Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.