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House Bill 367 |
House Author: Martinez |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Davis |
House Bill 367 amends the Government Code to retain the confidential status of a communication between a state legislator or the lieutenant governor and a Texas resident, a record consisting exclusively of memoranda of such a communication, or a description of the contents of that record that is disclosed in whole or in part by the legislator or lieutenant governor to the Department of Family and Protective Services or to a governmental unit that is a "covered entity" under medical records privacy provisions of the Health and Safety Code to the extent that the communication, record, or description identifies or would tend to identify the resident while the communication, record, or description is in the possession of the department or governmental unit. The bill makes such a communication, record, or description subject to disclosure to any other person only to the extent that the legislator or lieutenant governor elects to disclose the communication, record, or described information. The bill requires such a covered entity, if it receives a request for public information previously described, to promptly notify, in writing or by electronic means, the member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor, as applicable, that the entity received the request.