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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to vicarious liability for certain medical care. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 162.0022(a), Occupations Code, is |
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| 9 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | (a) A health organization certified under Section |
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| 11 | 13 | | 162.001(b) shall adopt, maintain, and enforce policies to ensure |
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| 12 | 14 | | that a physician employed by the health organization exercises |
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| 13 | 15 | | independent medical judgment when providing care to patients. A |
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| 14 | 16 | | health organization that complies with this subsection is not |
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| 15 | 17 | | vicariously liable for medical care provided by an employed |
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| 16 | 18 | | physician if the health organization does not interfere with, |
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| 17 | 19 | | control, or otherwise direct the independent medical judgment of |
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| 18 | 20 | | the physician when providing medical care to patients. |
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| 19 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 20 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as |
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| 21 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 22 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 23 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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