Sec. 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.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.