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                                                                  H.B. No. 737




AN ACT

relating to updating citations to Chapter 74, Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code, in Chapter 88, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 88.001(4), Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
		(4)  "Health care provider" means a person or entity as 
defined in Section 74.001 [1.03(a)(3), Medical Liability and 
Insurance Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, Vernon's Texas 
Civil Statutes)].
	SECTION 2.  Section 88.002(k), Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(k)  An enrollee who files an action under this chapter shall 
comply with the requirements of Section 74.351 [13.01, Medical 
Liability and Insurance Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, 
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes),] as it relates to [cost bonds, 
deposits, and] expert reports.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies only to a cause of action that 
accrues on or after the effective date of this Act.  An action that 
accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law 
applicable to the action immediately before the effective date of 
this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 737 was passed by the House on March 
23, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 737 was passed by the Senate on May 
10, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor