2025S0039-T 01/23/25     By: Sparks S.B. No. 902     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an alternate board certification to signify   accreditation within a given specialty in this state and medical   care provided at certain health care facilities by physicians with   an alternate board certification.          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 BY PHYSICIANS WITH ALTERNATE   BOARD CERTIFICATIONS AT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES          Sec. 222.101.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (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 BOARD CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE MEDICINE; FACILITY   LICENSE REVOCATION. (a) A health care facility may not refuse to   accept for board certification purposes a physician's alternate   board certification to practice medicine issued under Section   155.012, Occupations Code, in employing or granting practice or   admitting privileges to the physician for providing medical care to   patients at the facility or otherwise discriminate against the   physician in making an employment or privilege decision based on   the physician's alternate board certification.          (b)  The commission shall revoke the license of a health care   facility that violates this section.          (c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to   implement this section.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 155.012 to read as follows:          Sec. 155.012.  ALTERNATE BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN   APPLICANTS. (a) The board shall allow alternate board   certifications to practice medicine in this state that:                (1)  requires an applicant to satisfy each applicable   eligibility requirement for a board certification 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)  providing a medical treatment or procedure   that is unlawful in the State of Texas.                      (b)  The board shall adopt rules to implement this   section.          SECTION 3.  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 board certification to signify   accreditation within a given specialty in this state as required by   Section 155.012, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.