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Amend CSSB 104 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
sections and renumbering the sections for the bill accordingly:
	SECTION _____.  Section 154.054, Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 154.054.  COMPLAINT INFORMATION TO HEALTH CARE ENTITY.  
On written request, the board shall provide information to a health 
care entity regarding:
		(1)  a complaint filed against a license holder that was 
resolved after investigation by:
			(A)  a disciplinary order of the board; or                                   
			(B)  an agreed settlement; and                                               
		(2)  the basis of and current status of any complaint 
under active investigation that has been assigned by the executive 
director to a person authorized by the board to pursue legal action.
	SECTION _____.  Section 160.052(a), Occupations Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Each insurer shall submit to the board the report or 
other information described by Section 160.053 at the time 
prescribed.  The insurer shall provide the report or information 
with respect to:
		(1)  a [notice of claim letter or] complaint filed 
against an insured in a court, if the [notice of claim letter or] 
complaint seeks damages relating to the insured's conduct in 
providing or failing to provide a medical or health care service; 
and
		(2)  settlement of a claim without the filing of a 
lawsuit or settlement of a lawsuit made on behalf of the insured 
involving damages relating to the insured's conduct in providing or 
failing to provide a medical or health care service.
	SECTION _____.  Section 160.053, Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 160.053.  CONTENTS OF REPORT; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  
(a)  Not later than the 30th day after the date an insurer receives 
from an insured a [notice of claim letter or] complaint filed in a 
lawsuit, a settlement of a claim without the filing of a lawsuit, or 
a settlement of a lawsuit against the [from an] insured, the insurer 
shall furnish to the board:
		(1)  the name of the insured and the insured's Texas 
medical license number;
		(2)  the policy number; [and]                                
		(3)  a copy of the [notice of claim letter or] complaint 
or settlement; and
		(4)  a copy of any expert report filed under Section 
13.01, Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act of Texas 
(Article 4590i, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
	(b)  The board, in consultation with the commissioner, shall 
adopt rules for reporting additional information as the board 
requires.  In adopting the rules, the board shall consider other 
claim reports required under state and federal statutes in 
determining the information to be reported, form of the report, and 
frequency of reporting.  The rules adopted by the board under this 
subsection must require that the following additional [Additional] 
information be reported [the board requires may include]:
		(1)  the date of a judgment, dismissal, or settlement;                        
		(2)  whether an appeal has been taken and by which 
party; and               
		(3)  the amount of the settlement or judgment against 
the insured.          
	SECTION _____.  The changes in law made by this Act by the 
amendment of Sections 160.052(a) and 160.053, Occupations Code, 
apply only to a settlement entered into on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A settlement entered into before the effective 
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
settlement was entered into, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.