Amend CSHB 2950 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 4 of the bill, strike added Section 301.1583, Occupations Code (page 3, lines 42-57), and substitute the following:
Sec. 301.1583. DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) The board shall remove a disciplinary action from the nurse licensure verification page on the board's Internet website if:
(1) the disciplinary action is the only disciplinary action taken against the nurse;
(2) the disciplinary action was taken by the board for a violation that is not related to the practice of nursing;
(3) the disciplinary action did not result in the suspension or revocation of, or the probation of the suspension or revocation of, the nurse's license;
(4) the disciplinary action does not provide any indication that continued practice by the nurse may risk harm to a patient; and
(5) the nurse has successfully completed the requirements imposed by the board in the disciplinary order related to the disciplinary action.
(b) A disciplinary action that is removed from the nurse licensure verification page on the board's Internet website under Subsection (a) shall be removed from the public portion of the coordinated licensure information system, as defined by Section 304.0015 in Article II of the Nurse Licensure Compact.
(2) In SECTION 18 of the bill (page 18, between lines 55 and 56), insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
(__) Not later than March 1, 2019, the Texas Board of Nursing shall implement Section 301.1583, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, and remove any disciplinary actions from the nurse licensure verification page on the board's Internet website that meet the requirements of that section.