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HB713 • 2025

Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Howard | Johnson
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective immediately

  3. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  7. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  8. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  9. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  10. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  11. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  13. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  15. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  17. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  18. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  20. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  21. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  24. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  25. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  28. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  29. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  30. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  31. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  32. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  33. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  34. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1137

  35. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  37. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  39. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  40. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1096

  41. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  43. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  44. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  45. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  46. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  48. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  49. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  51. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  53. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  54. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 713 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 713

AN ACT

relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for

health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas

Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Health and Safety Code, is amended by

adding Section 34.0085 to read as follows:

Sec.

34.0085.

CASE INFORMATION EXCEPTED FROM PROFESSIONAL

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

Notwithstanding any other law and for

purposes of this chapter, a health care provider, including a

nurse, who during the review of information relevant to a case

selected for review under this chapter learns of conduct related to

the provider's profession that is subject to a reporting

requirement is exempt from that reporting requirement for the

reviewed information.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 713 was passed by the House on May 1,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 105, Nays 34, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 713 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor