Bill Text: TX SB902 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an alternate board certification to signify accreditation within a given specialty in this state and medical care provided at certain health care facilities by physicians with an alternate board certification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-24 - Filed [SB902 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB902-Introduced.html
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| By: Sparks | S.B. No. 902 | |
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| relating to an alternate board certification to signify | ||
| accreditation within a given specialty in this state and medical | ||
| care provided at certain health care facilities by physicians with | ||
| an alternate board certification. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 222, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED BY PHYSICIANS WITH ALTERNATE | ||
| BOARD CERTIFICATIONS AT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES | ||
| Sec. 222.101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
| Commission. | ||
| (2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
| commissioner of the commission. | ||
| (3) "Health care facility" means a health care | ||
| facility licensed by the commission. | ||
| Sec. 222.102. MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED BY PHYSICIANS WITH | ||
| ALTERNATE BOARD CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE MEDICINE; FACILITY | ||
| LICENSE REVOCATION. (a) A health care facility may not refuse to | ||
| accept for board certification purposes a physician's alternate | ||
| board certification to practice medicine issued under Section | ||
| 155.012, Occupations Code, in employing or granting practice or | ||
| admitting privileges to the physician for providing medical care to | ||
| patients at the facility or otherwise discriminate against the | ||
| physician in making an employment or privilege decision based on | ||
| the physician's alternate board certification. | ||
| (b) The commission shall revoke the license of a health care | ||
| facility that violates this section. | ||
| (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 155.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 155.012. ALTERNATE BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN | ||
| APPLICANTS. (a) The board shall allow alternate board | ||
| certifications to practice medicine in this state that: | ||
| (1) requires an applicant to satisfy each applicable | ||
| eligibility requirement for a board certification under this | ||
| chapter except as provided by Subdivision (2); and | ||
| (2) does not require an applicant to complete courses | ||
| or training on or to satisfy any other requirement, including | ||
| obtaining certification, for: | ||
| (a) providing a medical treatment or procedure | ||
| that is unlawful in the State of Texas. | ||
| (b) The board shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act: | ||
| (1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement | ||
| Subchapter D, Chapter 222, Health and Safety Code, as added by this | ||
| Act; and | ||
| (2) the Texas Medical Board shall adopt rules to | ||
| implement the alternate board certification to signify | ||
| accreditation within a given specialty in this state as required by | ||
| Section 155.012, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
