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| 1 | 1 | 89R8844 MPF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 3435 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the process by which a hospital makes certain | |
| 10 | 10 | determinations regarding medical staff privileges. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 241.101, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsection (g) to | |
| 14 | 14 | read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (c-1) The process used to determine whether to grant or deny | |
| 16 | 16 | medical staff privileges or to renew or modify medical staff | |
| 17 | 17 | privileges must be an objective process during which criteria | |
| 18 | 18 | adopted by the hospital for that purpose are applied in a consistent | |
| 19 | 19 | manner to each person requesting medical staff privileges or the | |
| 20 | 20 | renewal or modification of medical staff privileges. | |
| 21 | 21 | (g) A hospital's [bylaw] requirements for staff privileges, | |
| 22 | 22 | including requirements contained in the hospital's bylaws or any | |
| 23 | 23 | other hospital policy, may require a physician, podiatrist, or | |
| 24 | 24 | dentist to document the person's current clinical competency and | |
| 25 | 25 | professional training and experience in the medical procedures for | |
| 26 | 26 | which privileges are requested. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |