78R11283 KEG-F


By:  Capelo                                                       H.B. No. 3011

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3011:                                   

By:  McReynolds                                               C.S.H.B. No. 3011



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain reports, information, or records related to 
certain health care facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 161.0315, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  A medical peer review committee or medical committee 
formed by the governing body of a hospital district may compile a 
report, information, or record of the medical and health care 
services provided by a health care facility described by Subsection 
(b) and submit the compilation to the facility's medical peer 
review committee or medical committee.  A report, information, or 
record compiled under this subsection is:
		(1)  confidential;                                                     
		(2)  not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, 
Government Code; and
		(3)  subject to the same confidentiality and disclosure 
requirements to which a report, information, or record of a medical 
peer review committee under Section 160.006, Occupations Code, is 
subject.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.