Bill Text: TX SB1086 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the administration of the Texas Physician Health Program; authorizing a surcharge.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-20 - Received from the Senate [SB1086 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1086-Engrossed.html

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By: Campbell S.B. No. 1086

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of the Texas Physician Health
Program; authorizing a surcharge.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 153.051(d), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The board may not set, charge, collect, receive, or
deposit any of the following fees in excess of:
(1) $900 for a license;
(2) $400 for a first registration permit;
(3) $200 for a temporary license;
(4) $400 for renewal of a registration permit;
(5) $200 for a physician-in-training permit;
(6) $600 for the processing of an application and the
issuance of a registration for anesthesia in an outpatient setting;
(7) $200 for an endorsement to other state medical
boards;
(8) $200 for a duplicate license;
(9) $700 for a reinstated license after cancellation
for cause; or
(10) $15 [$1,200] for a surcharge [an annual fee]
under Section 153.053 to administer [167.011(c) for a program
participant in] the Texas Physician Health Program, due at the time
of license issuance and registration permit renewal.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 153, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 153.053 to read as follows:
Sec. 153.053. SURCHARGE TO ADMINISTER TEXAS PHYSICIAN
HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) The board shall collect an additional
surcharge not to exceed $15 for each of the following fees:
(1) first registration permit; and
(2) renewal of a registration permit.
(b) The board shall deposit each surcharge collected under
this section to the credit of the Texas physician health program
account. The Texas physician health program account is a special
account in the general revenue fund. Money in the special account
shall be appropriated only to the board to pay for administration of
the Texas Physician Health Program under Chapter 167, including
paying for an initial evaluation by the program's medical director
or the director's designee. Money in the special account may not be
used to pay for program participant costs incurred for monitoring
or for a program participant's own medical costs, including any
further required evaluations, primary treatment, or continuing
care.
SECTION 3. Section 167.011, Occupations Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. Section 153.051, Occupations Code, as amended by
this Act, and Section 153.053, Occupations Code, as added by this
Act, apply to the initial issuance of a license or the renewal of a
registration permit under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, on
or after September 1, 2023. A license initially issued or
registration permit renewed before September 1, 2023, is governed
by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this
Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.