86R13191 BEF-D
 
  By: Blanco H.B. No. 4088
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a hospital district governing board to
  conduct a closed meeting to deliberate certain issues.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 551.0727 to read as follows:
         Sec. 551.0727.  HOSPITAL DISTRICT: DELIBERATION REGARDING
  CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED; CLOSED MEETING. (a) The governing board
  of a hospital district created under general or special law may
  conduct a closed meeting to deliberate business and financial
  issues relating to a contract being negotiated if, before
  conducting the closed meeting:
               (1)  the governing board votes unanimously that
  deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on
  the position of the governing board in negotiations with a third
  person; and
               (2)  the attorney advising the governing board issues a
  written determination that deliberation in an open meeting would
  have a detrimental effect on the position of the governing board in
  negotiations with a third person.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 551.103(a), the governing board
  of a hospital district must make a recording of the proceedings of a
  closed meeting to deliberate the information.
         SECTION 2.  Section 551.085, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  This chapter does not require the governing board of a
  hospital district created under general or special law to conduct
  an open meeting to deliberate information relating to a proposed
  expansion of an existing service or product line of the hospital
  district before publicly announcing the expansion.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.