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.