Bill Text: TX SB514 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to investigations and disciplinary action by the Texas Medical Board regarding certain treatments or practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB514 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB514-Introduced.html
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By: Hall | S.B. No. 514 |
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relating to investigations and disciplinary action by the Texas | ||
Medical Board regarding certain treatments or practices during the | ||
COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) This Act applies to any person engaged in a | ||
profession regulated by the Texas Medical Board who was | ||
investigated or subject to disciplinary action by the board for: | ||
(1) prescribing or advocating for the use of | ||
ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, or budesonide in the prevention or | ||
treatment of COVID-19; | ||
(2) making statements regarding the efficacy of masks | ||
in preventing the transmission of COVID-19; or | ||
(3) failing to wear or require others to wear masks | ||
intended to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in connection with | ||
the person's practice, other than in areas where it was customary to | ||
wear masks before the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas Medical Board | ||
shall, for any person described by Subsection (a) of this section: | ||
(1) vacate any disciplinary action imposed; | ||
(2) expunge all records of the board related to the | ||
investigation and disciplinary action; | ||
(3) refund all fines collected from the person; and | ||
(4) reimburse the person for all legal fees incurred | ||
as a result of the investigation or disciplinary action. | ||
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, 2023. |