86R2349 MCK-D By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 331 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the application of the open meetings law to the medical advisory board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 12, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 12.099 to read as follows: Sec. 12.099. OPEN MEETINGS. (a) All meetings of the medical advisory board or a panel shall be conducted in accordance with the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code. (b) This section and Chapter 551, Government Code, do not require the medical advisory board or a panel to conduct an open meeting to deliberate a record, a report, or testimony described by Section 12.097(a). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.