Bill Text: TX HB1847 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing information on maternal mortality and morbidity for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB1847 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1847-Engrossed.html
88R20783 LRM-D | ||
By: Howard, Thierry, Bowers | H.B. No. 1847 |
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relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for | ||
health care providers reviewing information on maternal mortality | ||
and morbidity for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review | ||
Committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 34.008, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Notwithstanding any other law and for purposes of this | ||
chapter, a health care provider, including a nurse, who during the | ||
review of information relevant to a case of pregnancy-associated | ||
death, pregnancy-related death, or severe maternal morbidity | ||
obtained under this chapter learns of conduct related to the | ||
provider's profession that is subject to a reporting requirement is | ||
exempt from that reporting requirement for the reviewed | ||
information. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |