| 1 | 1 | | 88R27095 MPF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Moody H.B. No. 2270 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 a requirement that certain students, interns, |
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| 8 | 8 | | residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or |
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| 9 | 9 | | nonprofit hospitals receive time off to undergo an annual |
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| 10 | 10 | | comprehensive health examination. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 312.004(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the [The] |
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| 15 | 15 | | contracting parties may determine the terms of and the |
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| 16 | 16 | | consideration for a contract authorized under this section. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 312, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 18 | 18 | | by adding Section 312.0045 to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 312.0045. REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISION: TIME OFF FOR |
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| 20 | 20 | | HEALTH EXAMINATION. A contract under Section 312.004 must require |
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| 21 | 21 | | a public or nonprofit hospital to provide each student, intern, |
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| 22 | 22 | | resident, and fellow who is enrolled at a contracting medical or |
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| 23 | 23 | | dental unit or supported medical or dental school and who is |
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| 24 | 24 | | receiving a clinical education at the public or nonprofit hospital |
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| 25 | 25 | | at least six consecutive hours of time off each year to undergo a |
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| 26 | 26 | | comprehensive health examination. The public or nonprofit hospital |
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| 27 | 27 | | at which the student, intern, resident, or fellow is receiving the |
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| 28 | 28 | | clinical education must offer to provide the examination at no |
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| 29 | 29 | | charge. A public or nonprofit hospital may not reduce the amount of |
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| 30 | 30 | | the compensation paid by the hospital to the student, intern, |
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| 31 | 31 | | resident, or fellow, if any, for time off taken for the examination. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 33 | 33 | | to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act |
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| 35 | 35 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was |
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| 36 | 36 | | entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 37 | 37 | | purpose. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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