85R14149 AJA-F     By: Schofield H.B. No. 2422     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2422:     By:  Schofield C.S.H.B. No. 2422       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the certificate of merit required for certain civil   actions against certain licensed or registered professionals.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 150.002, Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:          (b-1)  The affidavit shall set forth specifically facts   sufficient to establish the affiant's familiarity or experience   with the relevant practice area such that the affiant's   qualifications to render an opinion on the matters set forth in the   affidavit for purposes of Subsection (b) are established. The   affiant must attach to the affidavit as an exhibit the affiant's   curriculum vitae or a similar document sufficient to establish that   the affiant meets the requirements of Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an action commenced on or after the effective date of this Act.   An action commenced before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective   date of this Act, and that 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, 2017.