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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of open meetings requirements to |
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certain meetings of the governing board of a county hospital or |
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county hospital authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 551.085(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) This chapter does not require the governing board of a |
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municipal hospital, municipal hospital authority, county hospital, |
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county hospital authority, hospital district created under general |
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or special law, or nonprofit health maintenance organization |
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created under Section 534.101, Health and Safety Code, to conduct |
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an open meeting to deliberate: |
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(1) pricing or financial planning information |
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relating to a bid or negotiation for the arrangement or provision of |
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services or product lines to another person if disclosure of the |
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information would give advantage to competitors of the hospital, |
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hospital district, or nonprofit health maintenance organization; |
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or |
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(2) information relating to a proposed new service or |
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product line of the hospital, hospital district, or nonprofit |
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health maintenance organization before publicly announcing the |
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service or product line. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2978 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2978 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |