Tex. Gov't Code § 551.0785 · Subchapter D. EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT THAT MEETINGS BE OPEN
DELIBERATIONS INVOLVING MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC RECORDS OF INDIVIDUALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter does not require a benefits appeals committee for a public self-funded health plan or a governmental body that administers a public insurance, health, or retirement plan to conduct an open meeting to deliberate:
(1) the medical records or psychiatric records of an individual applicant for a benefit from the plan; or
(2) a matter that includes a consideration of information in the medical or psychiatric records of an individual applicant for a benefit from the plan.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 158, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.551.htm
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