Bill Text: TX HB1568 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain local governmental entities in certain populous counties to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1568-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain local governmental entities in certain populous counties to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1568-Introduced.html
82R2224 CJC/NC-F | ||
By: Coleman | H.B. No. 1568 |
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relating to the authority of certain local governmental entities in | ||
certain populous counties to appoint, contract for, or employ | ||
physicians. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0283 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 281.0283. HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT | ||
OF PHYSICIANS. (a) The board of the Harris County Hospital | ||
District may appoint, contract for, or employ physicians as the | ||
board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the | ||
district. | ||
(b) The term of an employment contract entered into under | ||
this section may not exceed four years. | ||
(c) A physician employed by the Harris County Hospital | ||
District under this section is subject to the same standards and | ||
procedures regarding credentialing, peer review, quality of care, | ||
and privileges as a physician not employed by the district. | ||
(d) This section may not be construed as authorizing the | ||
board of the Harris County Hospital District to supervise or | ||
control the practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, | ||
Title 3, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 351, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 351.045 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 351.045. HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; | ||
EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS. (a) The commissioners court of a county | ||
with a population of 3.3 million or more may appoint, contract for, | ||
or employ physicians to provide health care services to inmates in | ||
the custody of the sheriff. | ||
(b) This section may not be construed as authorizing the | ||
commissioners court to supervise or control the practice of | ||
medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |