{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.023","heading":"NO LIABILITY FOR REPORTS TO MEDICAL COMMITTEE.","body":"(a) This section applies to:\n(1) a physician, hospital, medical organization, university health science center, university medical school, or an officer or employee of that person or entity; and\n(2) a health maintenance organization or an officer, employee, or agent of the health maintenance organization, including an independent practice association or other physician association contracting with the health maintenance organization.\n(b) A person or entity covered by this section is not liable for damages to any person for furnishing information, reports, or records to a medical committee relating to a patient:\n(1) examined or treated by the physician; or\n(2) treated or confined in:\n(A) the hospital;\n(B) a clinic or facility staffed or operated by a university health science center or university medical school; or\n(C) a hospital, clinic, or facility staffed, operated, or used by a health maintenance organization.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. PROVISION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm#161.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a8b314cef1672cc8862219dade1eaa846ab23ea10498d820fe352f0095b73c21","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}