By: Huffman  S.B. No. 1414          (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2021; March 18, 2021, read   first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;   April 8, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,   Nays 0; April 8, 2021, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the time frame for passing certain licensing   examinations for applicants seeking a license to practice medicine.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 155.051(b), Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  An applicant who is a graduate of a program designed to   lead to both a doctor of philosophy degree and a doctor of medicine   degree or doctor of osteopathy degree must pass each part of an   examination described by Section 155.0511(2), (3), (4), (6), or (7)   not later than the earlier of the second anniversary of the date the   applicant completed all [the] graduate medical training undertaken   by the applicant, including internship, residency, and fellowship,   or the 12th anniversary of the date the applicant began the graduate   medical training [described by Section 155.003(a)(5)].          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Medical Board shall adopt rules necessary to   implement Section 155.051, Occupations Code, as amended by this   Act.          SECTION 3.  Section 155.051, Occupations Code, as amended by   this Act, applies to an application for a license to practice   medicine issued under Chapter 155, Occupations Code, regardless of   whether the application is submitted before, on, or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *