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| 1 | 1 | By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2509 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to vicarious liability for certain medical care. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 162.0022(a), Occupations Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) A health organization certified under Section | |
| 13 | 13 | 162.001(b) shall adopt, maintain, and enforce policies to ensure | |
| 14 | 14 | that a physician employed by the health organization exercises | |
| 15 | 15 | independent medical judgment when providing care to patients. A | |
| 16 | 16 | health organization that complies with this subsection is not | |
| 17 | 17 | vicariously liable for medical care provided by an employed | |
| 18 | 18 | physician if the health organization does not interfere with, | |
| 19 | 19 | control, or otherwise direct the independent medical judgment of | |
| 20 | 20 | the physician when providing medical care to patients. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |