Texas Health and Safety Code 161.023 – No Liability for Reports to Medical Committee
(a) This section applies to:
(1) a physician, hospital, medical organization, university health science center, university medical school, or an officer or employee of that person or entity; and
(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.
(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:
(1) examined or treated by the physician; or
(2) treated or confined in:
(A) the hospital;
(B) a clinic or facility staffed or operated by a university health science center or university medical school; or
(C) a hospital, clinic, or facility staffed, operated, or used by a health maintenance organization.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 161.023
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005