Bill Text: TX HB603 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain complaints concerning the Texas Medical Board.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB603 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB603-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Zedler, Minjarez, Flynn | H.B. No. 603 | |
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| relating to certain complaints concerning the Texas Medical Board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 154, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 154.0555 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 154.0555. SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN COMPLAINTS TO | ||
| LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. (a) The board shall submit to each | ||
| standing committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction | ||
| over the board a copy of any complaint submitted to the board by a | ||
| license holder regarding the board or an employee of the board, | ||
| including a complaint regarding the manner in which the board has | ||
| conducted an investigation of the license holder. | ||
| (b) The board shall submit the complaint and any related | ||
| information provided to the board not later than the 30th day after | ||
| the date the board receives the complaint or information. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a complaint filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| complaint filed 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. | ||
