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      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