Sec. 551.085.  GOVERNING BOARD OF CERTAIN PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.  (a)  This chapter does not require the governing board of a municipal hospital, municipal hospital authority, county hospital, county hospital authority, hospital district created under general or special law, or nonprofit health maintenance organization created under Section 534.101, Health and Safety Code, to conduct an open meeting to deliberate:
(1)  pricing or financial planning information relating to a bid or negotiation for the arrangement or provision of services or product lines to another person if disclosure of the information would give advantage to competitors of the hospital, hospital district, or nonprofit health maintenance organization; or
(2)  information relating to a proposed new service or product line of the hospital, hospital district, or nonprofit health maintenance organization before publicly announcing the service or product line.
(b)  The governing board of a health maintenance organization created under Section 281.0515, Health and Safety Code, that is subject to this chapter is not required to conduct an open meeting to deliberate information described by Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 778, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1229, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 342 (H.B. 2978), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.