Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 109.007
Exceptions

This chapter does not apply to an appropriation:

(1)

to pay or indemnify a person for a negligent act or omission in the diagnosis, care, or treatment of a health care or mental health care patient, without regard to whether the claim is based on tort or contract principles;

(2)

to pay a claim based on the conduct of a state medical school or of a hospital affiliated with an institution of higher education of this state;

(3)

to pay a claim based on the conduct of an institution of higher education; or

(4)

to pay a claim based on the conduct of a state law enforcement agency, including the Texas Department of Public Safety, or of a state corrections agency, including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1005, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.