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78R2814 AJA-D
By: Smithee H.B. No. 2260
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of certain health care liability claims
to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 160.053, Occupations Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the earliest date on
which an event described by Subsection (c) occurs, an insurer that
receives a notice of claim letter or complaint 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.
(c) An insurer is not required to furnish the board with
information under Subsection (a) unless:
(1) the insured enters into a settlement agreement
regarding the health care liability claim that is the subject of the
notice of claim letter or complaint; or
(2) the claimant in the health care liability claim
has submitted an expert report in relation to the claim that
complies with Section 13.01, Medical Liability and Insurance
Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the receipt by an insurer of a notice of claim letter or
complaint on or after the effective date of this Act. The receipt
by an insurer of a notice of claim letter or complaint before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.