89R9913 BEE-D     By: Perez of El Paso H.B. No. 2852       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of a provisional license to practice   medicine to certain foreign medical license holders with offers of   employment; authorizing fees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 155.1015 to read as follows:          Sec. 155.1015.  PROVISIONAL LICENSE FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN   MEDICAL LICENSE HOLDERS WITH OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT. (a)  The board   shall issue a provisional license to practice medicine to an   applicant who resides in this state and who:                (1)  has been licensed in good standing and actively   practicing medicine in another country for three years immediately   before applying for a provisional license under this section;                (2)  has been granted a degree of doctor of medicine or   a substantially similar degree by a program of medical education in   another country;                (3)  has been certified by the Educational Commission   for Foreign Medical Graduates;                (4)  satisfies the examination requirements of Section   155.051;                (5)  has completed three years of residency or   substantially similar postgraduate medical training in the   applicant's country of licensure;                (6)  has been offered employment in this state by a   person who:                      (A)  provides health care services in the normal   course of business, including a health system, hospital,   hospital-based facility, freestanding emergency facility, or   urgent care clinic; and                      (B)  operates a postgraduate training program   accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical   Education;                (7)  submits to a criminal history record information   check under Section 155.008;                (8)  is authorized under federal law to work in the   United States; and                (9)  applies for a provisional license under this   section in the manner prescribed by the board accompanied by the fee   established by the board.          (b)  The holder of a provisional license under this section   may practice medicine only:                (1)  under the supervision of a physician who holds an   unencumbered license to practice medicine in this state; and                (2)  at a health care provider that meets the   requirements of Subsection (a)(6)(B).          (c)  A provisional license issued under this section expires   on the second anniversary of the date the provisional license was   issued.          (d)  On application, the board shall issue a license under   this subtitle to the holder of a provisional license under this   section if the provisional license holder is in good standing and   will have practiced under the provisional license for at least two   years at the time the license will be issued.          SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2026, the Texas Medical   Board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Section 155.1015,   Occupations Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.