{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-551.0785","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 551.0785","heading":"DELIBERATIONS INVOLVING MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC RECORDS OF INDIVIDUALS.","body":"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:\n(1) the medical records or psychiatric records of an individual applicant for a benefit from the plan; or\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 158, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2003.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 551. OPEN MEETINGS","SUBCHAPTER D. EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT THAT MEETINGS BE OPEN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.551.htm#551.0785","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"8b4b5c324862a0adfeef93ff22b01eb4dc793ca9575a05a0ab92e0f69ed2c215","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-551.078","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-551.079"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}