Bill Text: TX HB1851 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners provide a copy of a complaint to the subject of the complaint.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Left pending in committee [HB1851 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1851-Introduced.html

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86R6212 SOS-F
By: Springer H.B. No. 1851

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that the State Board of Veterinary
Medical Examiners provide a copy of a complaint to the subject of
the complaint.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 801.207, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the board shall
provide a copy of each complaint to the license holder who is the
subject of the complaint not later than the 14th day after the date
the complaint is filed with the board, unless providing a copy of
the complaint would jeopardize an investigation. The board may not
require the license holder to request a copy of the complaint.
SECTION 2. Section 801.207(b-1), Occupations Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a complaint filed with the State Board
of Veterinary Medical Examiners on or after the effective date of
this Act. A complaint filed with the board before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
complaint was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.