H.B. No. 2978

	AN ACT
	relating to the applicability of open meetings requirements to
	certain meetings of the governing board of a county hospital or
	county hospital authority.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 551.085(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2978 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 4, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2978 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor