Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS |
Subtitle A. OPEN GOVERNMENT |
Chapter 551. OPEN MEETINGS |
Subchapter D. EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT THAT MEETINGS BE OPEN |
Sec. 551.0785. DELIBERATIONS INVOLVING MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC RECORDS OF INDIVIDUALS
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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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 158, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2003.