HB1132 - 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.

  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.