Oliverson’s bill for an alternate medical license

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89R514 LRM-D

By: Oliverson
H.B. No. 1132

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an alternate license to practice medicine in this state

and medical care provided at certain health care facilities by

physicians with an alternate license.

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 AT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE

FACILITIES BY PHYSICIANS WITH ALTERNATE LICENSES

Sec. 222.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(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 LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. A health care facility may

not:

(1) refuse to accept for board certification purposes

a physician's alternate license to practice medicine issued under

Section 155.012, Occupations Code, in employing or granting

practice or admitting privileges for the physician to provide

medical care to patients at the facility; or

(2) otherwise discriminate against a physician

described by Subdivision (1) in an employment or privilege decision

based on the physician's alternate license.

Sec. 222.103. LICENSE REVOCATION. The commission shall

revoke the license of a health care facility that violates this

subchapter.

Sec. 222.104. RULES. The executive commissioner shall

adopt rules to implement this subchapter.

SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is

amended by adding Section 155.012 to read as follows:

Sec. 155.012. ALTERNATE LICENSE FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS.

(a) The board shall establish an alternate license to practice

medicine in this state that:

(1) requires an applicant to satisfy each applicable

eligibility requirement for a license 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) performing or inducing an abortion; or

(B) performing a medical procedure prohibited

under state law.

(b) The board shall adopt application procedures and

eligibility requirements for an applicant to apply for and the

board to issue an alternate license under this section.

(c) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section.

SECTION 3. Section 155.051, Occupations Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as

follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsections [ Subsection ] (b) and

(b-1) , an applicant for a license to practice medicine in this state

must pass each part of an examination described by Section

155.0511(2), (3), (4), (6), or (7) within seven years.

(b-1) An applicant for an alternate license established

under Section 155.012 must pass each part of an examination

described by Section 155.0511(10) within seven years.

SECTION 4. Section 155.0511, Occupations Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 155.0511. EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED OR ACCEPTED BY

BOARD. The board may administer or accept the following

examinations for licensing as determined by rule:

(1) a state board licensing examination;

(2) the Medical Council of Canada Examination (LMCC)

or its successor;

(3) the National Board of Osteopathic Medical

Examiners (NBOME) examination or its successor;

(4) the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)

examination or its successor;

(5) the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) with a

weighted average in one sitting before June 1985;

(6) the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) after

May 1985;

(7) the United States Medical Licensing Examination

(USMLE) or its successor;

(8) a combination of the examinations described by

Subdivisions (3) and (6) as determined by board rule; [ or ]

(9) a combination of the examinations described by

Subdivisions (4), (6), and (7) as determined by board rule ; or

(10) any other examination substantially similar in

training requirements and rigor to the examinations an applicant is

otherwise required to pass for issuance of a license under this

chapter but that excludes testing on subjects described by Section

155.012(a)(2) .

SECTION 5. 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 license to practice medicine in this state

as required by Section 155.012, Occupations Code, as added by this

Act.

SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.