Amend SB 506 by inserting the following appropriately
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  Chapter I, Texas Probate Code, is amended by
adding Section 10B to read as follows:
      Sec. 10B.  COMMUNICATIONS OR RECORDS RELATING TO DECEDENT'S
CONDITION BEFORE DEATH.  Notwithstanding the Medical Practice Act
(Article 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), a person who is a
party to a will contest or a proceeding in which a party relies on
the mental or testamentary capacity of a decedent before the
decedent's death as part of the party's claim or defense is
entitled to production of all communications or records relevant to
the decedent's condition before the decedent's death. On receipt of
a subpoena of communications or records under this section and
proof of filing of the will contest or proceeding, by certified
copy, the appropriate physician, hospital, medical facility,
custodian of records, or other person in possession of the
communications or records shall release the communications or
records to the party requesting the records.