TITLE: Relating to administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals and reported to certain health professional licensing boards.

SUMMARY: Relating to administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals and reported to certain health professional licensing boards.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals and reported to certain health professional licensing boards. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 241.059, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows: (i-1) Not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner of health's order is final, the department shall forward a copy of the order to the appropriate licensing board of a health care professional licensed under Title 3, Occupations Code, who the commissioner finds to be materially involved in the violation. The licensing board shall retain a copy of the order in the health care professional's file. The copy of the order is confidential to the extent required by law. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to the assessment or imposition of an administrative penalty under Section 241.059, Health and Safety Code, for a violation that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. The assessment or imposition of an administrative penalty under Section 241.059, Health and Safety Code, for a violation that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the violation occurred, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.