Texas § 161.031 MEDICAL COMMITTEE DEFINED.

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§ 161.031 — MEDICAL COMMITTEE DEFINED.

Texas § 161.031

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 161.031 (2026).

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Sec. 161.031. MEDICAL COMMITTEE DEFINED.

(a)In this subchapter, "medical committee" includes any committee, including a joint committee, of:

(1)a hospital;

(2)a medical organization;

(3)a university medical school or health science center;

(4)a health maintenance organization licensed under Chapter 843 , Insurance Code, including an independent practice association or other physician association whose committee or joint committee is a condition of contract with the health maintenance organization;

(5)an extended care facility;

(6)a hospital district; or

(7)a hospital authority.

(b)The term includes a committee appointed ad hoc to conduct a specific investigation or established under state or federal law or rule or under the bylaws or rules of the organization or institution.

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Sec. 161.031. MEDICAL COMMITTEE DEFINED. (a) In this subchapter, "medical committee" includes any committee, including a joint committee, of:
(1) a hospital;
(2) a medical organization;
(3) a university medical school or health science center;
(4) a health maintenance organization licensed under Chapter 843 , Insurance Code, including an independent practice association or other physician association whose committee or joint committee is a condition of contract with the health maintenance organization;
(5) an extended care facility;
(6) a hospital district; or
(7) a hospital authority.
(b) The term includes a committee appointed ad hoc to conduct a specific investigation or established under state or federal law or rule or under the bylaws or rules of the organization or institution.
(c) The term includes a committee, including a joint committee, of one or more health care systems if each health care system includes one or more of the entities listed in Subsection (a).

Legislative History

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 908, Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.525, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.