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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the release of complaint information by the Texas |
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Medical Board to the legislature. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 154.055, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 154.055. RELEASE OF COMPLAINT INFORMATION TO |
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LEGISLATOR [LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE]. (a) On request from a member |
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of the legislature [legislative committee created under Subchapter
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B, Chapter 301, Government Code], the board shall release all |
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information regarding a complaint against a physician to aid in a |
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legitimate legislative inquiry. The board may release the |
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information only to the member of the legislature [members of the
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committee]. |
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(b) In complying with a request under Subsection (a), the |
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board: |
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(1) may not identify the [complainant or the] patient |
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unless the patient made the complaint; |
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(2) may not release any health care information |
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protected by state or federal law, including the patient's medical |
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record; and |
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(3) may require the member to sign a nondisclosure |
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agreement [and may reveal the identity of the affected physician
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only to the members of the committee]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |