TITLE: Relating to the recording of an informal settlement conference to resolve a complaint to the Texas Medical Board against a physician.

SUMMARY: Relating to the recording of an informal settlement conference to resolve a complaint to the Texas Medical Board against a physician.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the recording of an informal settlement conference to resolve a complaint to the Texas Medical Board against a physician. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (i), Section 164.003, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (i) On request by a physician under review, the board shall make a recording of the informal settlement conference proceeding. The recording is a part of the investigative file and may not be released to a third party unless authorized under this subtitle. On request of the physician, the board shall release the recording to the physician. The board may charge the physician a fee to cover the cost of recording the proceeding. 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.