78R6642 JD-D

By:  Smith of Harris                                              H.B. No. 2243



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the application of the open meetings law and the public 
information law to meetings and information regarding certain 
security plans of a municipal hospital, a hospital district, or a 
health department.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 551.090 to read as follows:
	Sec. 551.090.  DELIBERATIONS OF GOVERNING BOARD OF MUNICIPAL 
HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT RELATING TO CERTAIN SECURITY PLANS.  
This chapter does not require the governing board of a municipal 
hospital or a hospital district created under general or local law 
to conduct an open meeting to deliberate the details, or specific 
occasions for implementation, of a security plan for the protection 
of hospital facilities or operations from an act of terrorism.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 552.145 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.145.  EXCEPTION: CERTAIN SECURITY PLANS OF 
MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL DISTRICT, OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.  
Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if 
the information relates to a security plan of a municipal hospital, 
a hospital district, or a municipal or county health department for 
the protection of health care facilities or operations from an act 
of terrorism.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.