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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for |
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| 10 | 10 | | health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas |
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| 11 | 11 | | Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Section 34.0085 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 34.0085. CASE INFORMATION EXCEPTED FROM PROFESSIONAL |
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| 16 | 16 | | REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Notwithstanding any other law and for |
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| 17 | 17 | | purposes of this chapter, a health care provider, including a |
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| 18 | 18 | | nurse, who during the review of information relevant to a case |
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| 19 | 19 | | selected for review under this chapter learns of conduct related to |
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| 20 | 20 | | the provider's profession that is subject to a reporting |
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| 21 | 21 | | requirement is exempt from that reporting requirement for the |
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| 22 | 22 | | reviewed information. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 24 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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