HBA-NMO H.B. 2382 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2382
By: Coleman
Public Health
3/23/99
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners (board)
to develop, by rule, a process to evaluate and approve continuing education
courses.  The outsourcing of this process may enhance the quality of the
continuing education courses and may also reduce the demands on board
support staff.  H.B. 2382 requires the board to authorize licensee peer
organizations to evaluate and approve continuing education courses in
accordance with the established process.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking
authority previously delegated to the Texas Board of Physical Therapy
Examiners is modified in SECTION 1 (Section 16A, Chapter 836, Acts of the
62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 4512e, V.T.C.S.)) of this
bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 16A, Chapter 836, Acts of the 62nd Legislature,
Regular Session, 1971 (Article 4512e, V.T.C.S.), by requiring the Texas
Board of Physical Therapy Examiners (board) to authorize licensee peer
organizations to evaluate and approve continuing education courses in
accordance with the established process, which the board  is required to
develop, by rule. 

SECTION 2.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.