88R5786 MLH-F
By: Cortez H.B. No. 4562
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to repealing certain provisions relating to dental support
organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 254.019(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The board shall collect the following information from
dentists licensed by the board in conjunction with the issuance and
renewal of each dental license:
(1) the number and type of dentists employed by the
license holder, if any;
(2) the name under which the license holder provides
dental services and each location at which those services are
provided by that license holder; and
(3) whether the license holder is a participating
provider under the Medicaid program operated under Chapter 32,
Human Resources Code, or the child health plan program operated
under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code[;
[(4) whether the license holder contracts or enters
into an agreement for business support services with a dental
support organization and, if so, the name and address of the dental
support organization;
[(5) whether the license holder owns all or part of a
dental support organization and, if so, the name and address of the
dental support organization and of each dental office at which the
dental support organization provides services to patients;
[(6) whether the license holder is a party to a dental
support agreement and, if so, the name and address of the dental
support organization that provides services under the agreement;
and
[(7) if the license holder owns all or part of a dental
support organization, whether the license holder's practice is a
party to a dental support agreement and, if so, the name and address
of the dental support organization that provides services under the
agreement].
SECTION 2. The following laws are repealed:
(1) Chapter 73, Business & Commerce Code; and
(2) Sections 254.019(a) and (c), Occupations Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.