Bill Text: TX SB161 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-21 - Referred to Public Health [SB161 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB161-Engrossed.html

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By: Perry S.B. No. 161

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health
care practitioners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 112, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. COMPLAINT REFERRALS
Sec. 112.101. COMPLAINTS AGAINST HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER
LICENSED BY DIFFERENT LICENSING ENTITY. (a) Notwithstanding any
other law, a licensing entity that receives a complaint concerning
a health care practitioner who holds a license issued by a different
licensing entity shall promptly forward a copy of the complaint to
that licensing entity.
(b) A licensing entity may not take disciplinary action
based on a complaint against a health care practitioner who holds a
license issued by a different licensing entity unless that
licensing entity refers the complaint back to the licensing entity
that received the complaint for investigation and resolution.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a complaint filed against a health care practitioner 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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.