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.