Bill Text: TX SB311 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the board of directors of the Ochiltree County Hospital District to employ physicians and other health care providers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB311 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB311-Introduced.html

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82R479 MAW-D
By: Seliger S.B. No. 311

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the board of directors of the Ochiltree
County Hospital District to employ health care providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1071.062, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(b) The board may employ physicians, technicians, nurses,
other health care providers, fiscal agents, accountants, and other
necessary employees.
(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the
authority to hire employees under Subsection (b) other than
physicians.
(d) This section may not be construed as authorizing the
board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as
prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
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, 2011.