Bill Text: TX HB2452 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to complaints filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB2452 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2452-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to complaints filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Effective immediately [HB2452 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2452-Introduced.html
By: Goldman | H.B. No. 2452 |
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relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation | ||
complaint review process. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.252, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The department may contract with a qualified individual | ||
to assist with the complaint review process. | ||
(f) Except for any action by a qualified individual | ||
involving fraud, conspiracy, or malice, a qualified individual with | ||
whom the department contracts to provide complaint review services | ||
is immune from liability and may not be subject to a suit for | ||
damages for any act arising from the performance of their duties in: | ||
(1) participating in an informal conference to | ||
determine the facts of a complaint; | ||
(2) evaluating evidence in a complaint filed with the | ||
department and offering an expert opinion or technical guidance | ||
about possible violations; | ||
(3) testifying at a hearing regarding a complaint; and | ||
(4) making an evaluation, report, or recommendation | ||
regarding a complaint. | ||
(g) The department may accept, but is not obligated to | ||
investigate, a complaint that lacks sufficient information to | ||
identify the source or the name of the person who filed the | ||
complaint. | ||
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. |