This section includes summaries of legislation impacting the Texas Medical Board after the conclusion of a legislative session, strategic plans and related customer service reports, legislative appropriations requests, budget and finance reports, contracts, internal audit reports, and sunset reviews. 

After every legislation session, agency staff provide a summary of legislation impacting the agency and its licensees. This can include legislation impacting physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, surgical assistants, and a variety of other license types.

To find out more about procurement opportunities with the Texas Medical Board (TMB), see the state’s Electronic State Business Daily (ESBD) Section of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.  

 

Please email Purchasing for more information on bid opportunities or contracts.

 

Senate Bill (SB) 20, enacted by the 84th Texas Legislature, became effective on September 1, 2015. SB 20 requires state agencies to post on their websites certain contracts entered into with private vendors for goods or services. In compliance with SB 20, the following is provided below.

 

Active Contracts

Government Code Section 2054.126(d) requires posting of Active Contract with a value greater than $100,000. In addition, Government Code 2261.253 requires TMB to post certain information for active contracts. TMB post all contracts that require reporting to the Legislative Budget Board (LBB).

 

The current active contracts are shown below:

VendorContract AmountDateDescription
SHI$305,308.2812/23/2024Visual Studio Ent and Remote Desktop Services
U.S. Dept of Human Services$350,000.009/1/2024National Practitioner Data Bank
Spruce Technology Inc.$380,200.009/1/2024TMB Website Redesign
WorkQuest$180,923.569/1/2024Temporary Staff
Ken Owen & Associates$100,000.009/1/2024Court Reporting Services
Pitney Bowes$107,952.409/1/2024Mail Meter Lease
Carahsoft Technology Corp$122,148.577/31/2025Financial Reporting & Training Services
SHI Government Solutions Inc.$112,910.408/25/2025Data Center Core

 

State Agency Procurement & Contract Management

TMB is required to post a contract management guide that establishes consistent contracting policies and practices to be followed by the agency that is consistent with the Comptroller’s Texas Procurement and Contract Management Guide. TMB’s Procurement and Contract Management Guide is posted pursuant to Government Code Section 2261.256.

 

In accordance with state law, the TMB seeks competition before awarding contracts. In addition, state law provides that state agencies may enter into certain contracts under programs where the competitive bid process takes place at the state level, rather than the agency level, to promote efficiency in contracting and to take advantage of the state’s purchasing power. Procurements with a value of less than $5,000 do not require competitive bidding.

  

Terms & Conditions

TMB Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) apply to all purchase orders and take precedent over all other agreements unless otherwise noted on purchase order and/or contracts.

 

Historically Underutilized Businesses and Mentor-Protégé Program  

TMB’s Procurement Section participates in the following programs: