By: Hinojosa, LaMantia, Perry S.B. No. 730 (In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2023; March 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; April 20, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 20, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 730 By: Hughes A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the granting of privileges to and the authority of podiatrists at hospitals. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 241.102, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (c) An applicant for medical staff membership or privileges may not be denied membership or privileges solely on the ground that the applicant is a podiatrist rather than a physician. (f) This section does not authorize a podiatrist to practice beyond the scope of the podiatrist's license to practice podiatry. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. * * * * *