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Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 160 Report And Confidentiality RequirementsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Occupations Code > Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 160 Report And Confidentiality Requirements The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 11101 et seq.) applies to a professional review action or medical peer review conducted ... (a) A medical peer review committee or health care entity shall report in writing to the board the results and circumstances of a medical peer ... (a) This section applies to: (1) a medical peer review committee in this state; (2) a physician licensed in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing ... (a) This section applies to: (1) a committee of a professional medical society or association operating under written bylaws approved by the policymaking body or ... (a) A report made under this subchapter is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. (b) In a proceeding brought ... (a) A record, report, or other information received and maintained by the board under this subchapter or Subchapter B, including any material received or developed ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, each proceeding or record of a medical peer review committee is confidential, and any communication made to ... (a) This section applies to a person participating in peer review, a medical peer review committee, or a health care entity named as a defendant ... (a) The governing body and medical staff of each health care entity and any other person shall comply with a subpoena for documents or information ... (a) The following are immune from civil liability: (1) a person who, in good faith, reports or furnishes information to a medical peer review committee ... The reporting or assistance provided for in this subchapter does not constitute state action on the reporting or assisting medical peer review committee or its ... (a) A person may not suspend, terminate, or otherwise discipline or discriminate against a person who reports to the board under this subtitle. (b) A ... If a court makes a final determination that a report or complaint made to the board was made in bad faith, the complaint shall be ... The filing of a report with the board under this subchapter, or an investigation or disposition by the board, does not in itself preclude any ... This subchapter does not impose liability or waive immunity for a hospital district or hospital authority that has common law, statutory, or other immunity. Added ... In this subchapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance. (2) "Insurer" means an insurer or other entity that provides medical professional liability insurance covering ... (a) Each insurer shall submit to the board the report or other information described by Section 160.053 at the time prescribed. The insurer shall provide ... (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 ... In the trial of an action against a physician based on the physician's conduct in providing or failing to provide a medical or health care ... The commissioner may impose sanctions authorized by Chapter 82, Insurance Code, on an insurer who fails to report information as required by this subchapter. Acts ... A person or entity is not liable for any action taken by the person or entity under this subchapter, and a cause of action does ... (a) This section applies to a person known to be a physician who is licensed or otherwise lawfully practicing in this state or applying to ... Not later than the 30th day after the date a court finds that a physician is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, the clerk of the ... Texas Lawyers
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