HBA-KDB S.B. 1029 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1029 By: Lindsay Public Health 5/15/2001 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a proceeding of a medical peer review committee or medical committee or a meeting of the governing body of a public hospital, hospital district, or hospital authority may be held in a closed meeting. In addition, records, information, or reports of and provided by a medical committee or medical peer review committee are not subject to disclosure. Senate Bill 1029 provides that a meeting of the governing body of a health maintenance organization of a public hospital, hospital authority, hospital district, or state-owned teaching hospital may also be held in a closed meeting, and provides that records, information, or reports of and provided by a compliance officer are also not subject to disclosure. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS Senate Bill 1029 amends the Health and Safety Code to provide that a meeting of the governing body of a health maintenance organization of a public hospital, hospital authority, hospital district, or state-owned teaching hospital at which the governing body receives records, information, or reports provided by a medical committee, medical peer committee, or compliance officer may be held in a closed meeting following the procedures relating to lawfully closed meetings. The bill provides that records, information, or reports (records) of a compliance officer and those provided by a compliance officer to the governing body of a public hospital, hospital district, or hospital authority are not subject to disclosure as public information. The records received or maintained by a compliance officer retain the protection from disclosure only if the records are received, created, or maintained in the exercise of a proper function of the compliance officer as provided by the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.