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                                                                  H.B. No. 743




AN ACT

relating to updating citations to Chapter 74, Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code, in Chapter 160, Occupations Code.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 160.053(a), Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  Not later than the 30th day after the date an insurer 
receives from an insured a complaint filed in a lawsuit, a 
settlement of a claim without the filing of a lawsuit, or a 
settlement of a lawsuit against the insured, the insurer shall 
furnish to the board:
		(1)  the name of the insured and the insured's Texas 
medical license number;
		(2)  the policy number;                                                       
		(3)  a copy of the complaint or settlement; and                               
		(4)  a copy of any expert report filed under Section 
74.351, Civil Practice and Remedies Code [13.01, Medical Liability 
and Insurance Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes)].
	SECTION 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 743 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. 743 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