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Amend CSSB 104 by adding the following new SECTIONS, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of 
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 ___.  Subsection (a), Section 160.052, 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 ___.  Subsection (a), Section 160.053, Occupations 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(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, the date of a settlement of a claim without the 
filing of a lawsuit, or the date of 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.
	SECTION ___.  Subsection (a), Section 160.052, and 
Subsection (a), Section 160.053, Occupations Code, as amended by 
this Act, 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 as it existed on 
the date the settlement was entered into, and the law is continued 
in effect for that purpose.