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  89R1049 JDK-F     By: Howard H.B. No. 861       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health   care practitioners.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 112, Occupations Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter C to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER C. COMPLAINT REFERRALS           Sec.   112.101.     COMPLAINTS AGAINST HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER   LICENSED BY DIFFERENT LICENSING ENTITY. (a) Notwithstanding any   other law, a licensing entity that receives a complaint concerning   a health care practitioner who holds a license issued by a different   licensing entity shall promptly forward a copy of the complaint to   that licensing entity.           (b)     A licensing entity may not take disciplinary action   based on a complaint against a health care practitioner who holds a   license issued by a different licensing entity unless that   licensing entity refers the complaint back to the licensing entity   that received the complaint for investigation and resolution.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a complaint filed against a health care practitioner on or after the   effective date of this Act. A complaint filed before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the   complaint was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  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, 2025.