Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 121 extends an exception in the open meetings provisions of the Government Code that is applicable to certain providers of health care services to also apply to a health maintenance organization (HMO) created by a countywide hospital district in a county with a population of 190,000 or more. It provides that the governing board of such an HMO may meet in closed session to deliberate pricing or financial information relating to a bid or negotiation on services or product lines if disclosure would give advantage to competitors, or to deliberate information relating to proposed new services or product lines before they are publicly announced.