Bill Text: TX HB3442 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to complaints filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3442 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3442-Introduced.html

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87R11909 JCG-F
By: Anderson H.B. No. 3442

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) and amending Subsection (c) 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 before the date
any response is due, 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.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the [The] board
shall protect the identity of a complainant to the extent possible.
SECTION 2. Section 801.207, Occupations Code, as amended 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, 2021.