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SB1373 • 2025

Relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or modify medical staff privileges.

Relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or modify medical staff privileges.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Last action
2025-05-23
Official status
05/23/2025 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or modify medical staff privileges.

Relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or modify medical staff privileges.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or modify medical staff privileges.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  2. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

  3. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  4. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  8. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  9. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  10. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  11. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  13. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  15. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  17. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  18. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  20. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  21. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  22. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  23. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  24. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  25. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  26. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  29. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  31. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  32. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  33. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or modify medical staff privileges.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1373 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo

S.B. No. 1373

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or

modify medical staff privileges.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 241.101, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:

(c-1)

The criteria used to determine whether to grant or

deny medical staff privileges or to renew or modify medical staff

privileges must be applied in a consistent manner to each person

requesting medical staff privileges or the renewal or modification

of medical staff privileges.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.