HBA-MPM S.B. 1085 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1085
By: Harris
Public Health
4/27/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Texas law authorizes licensed podiatrists and doctors of
medicine to form professional associations as a way of performing services
and conducting business in the state.  S.B. 1085 authorizes dentists to
form a professional association to perform professional services and
conduct business in the state. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 2(A), Article 1528f, V.T.C.S. (Professional
Association Act), to authorize any one or more persons duly licensed to
practice a profession, including dentistry, under state law, by complying
with this Act, to form a professional association as distinguished from
either a partnership or a corporation, or by associating themselves for the
purpose of performing professional services and dividing the gains
therefrom, as stated in articles of association or bylaws.  

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999. 

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.