Bill Text: TX SB1755 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB1755 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1755-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB1755 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1755-Introduced.html
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By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1755 |
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relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as | ||
governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 101, Civil Practice and | ||
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 101.004 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 101.004. STATUS OF MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS. For | ||
purposes of this chapter, a resident or fellow in a graduate medical | ||
training program for physicians that is sponsored by a governmental | ||
unit, including a medical and dental unit, as defined by Section | ||
61.003, Education Code, is considered to be an employee of a | ||
governmental unit regardless of the method or source of payment of | ||
the resident or fellow. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |