Bill Text: TX SB1755 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 1755 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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	By: Creighton	S.B. No. 1755

	(Oliverson)


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.