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By: Lindsay S.B. No. 121
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of the open meetings law to certain
health maintenance organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.085, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 551.085. GOVERNING BOARD OF CERTAIN PROVIDERS OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES. (a) This chapter does not require the
governing board of a municipal hospital, municipal hospital
authority, hospital district created under general or special law,
or nonprofit health maintenance organization created under Section
534.101, Health and Safety Code, to conduct an open meeting to
deliberate:
(1) pricing or financial planning information
relating to a bid or negotiation for the arrangement or provision of
services or product lines to another person if disclosure of the
information would give advantage to competitors of the hospital,
hospital district, or nonprofit health maintenance organization;
or
(2) information relating to a proposed new service or
product line of the hospital, hospital district, or nonprofit
health maintenance organization before publicly announcing the
service or product line.
(b) The governing board of a health maintenance
organization created under Section 281.0515, Health and Safety
Code, that is subject to this chapter is not required to conduct an
open meeting to deliberate information described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.