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H.B. No. 2751
1 adding Section 865.020 to read as follows: 2 Sec. 865.020. MEDICAL BOARD. (a) The state board shall 3 designate a medical board composed of three physicians. 4 (b) To be eligible to serve as a member of the medical board, 5 a physician must be licensed to practice medicine in the state and 6 be of good standing in the medical profession. A physician who is 7 eligible to participate in the pension system may not be a member of 8 the medical board. 9 (c) The medical board shall: 10 (1) investigate essential statements and certificates 11 made by or on behalf of a member of the pension system in connection 12 with an application for disability retirement or, as requested by 13 the commissioner, with an application for an on-duty death benefit; 14 and 15 (2) report in writing to the commissioner its 16 conclusions and recommendations on all matters referred to it. 17 (d) The medical board is not subject to subpoena regarding 18 findings it makes in assisting the commissioner under this section, 19 and its members may not be held liable for any opinions, 20 conclusions, or recommendations made under this section. 21 SECTION 9. Sections 864.008 and 865.001(c), Government 22 Code, are repealed. 23 SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September i, 2009.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2751, Chapter 697,
legislative document,
June 19, 2009;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth148601/m1/6/:
accessed May 6, 2024),
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