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.