88R20783 LRM-D
 
  By: Howard, Thierry, Bowers H.B. No. 1847
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for
  health care providers reviewing information on maternal mortality
  and morbidity for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review
  Committee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 34.008, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  Notwithstanding any other law and for purposes of this
  chapter, a health care provider, including a nurse, who during the
  review of information relevant to a case of pregnancy-associated
  death, pregnancy-related death, or severe maternal morbidity
  obtained under this chapter learns of conduct related to the
  provider's profession that is subject to a reporting requirement is
  exempt from that reporting requirement for the reviewed
  information.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.