Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 503A.006 · Chapter 503A. DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING COMPANIES; RIGHTS REGARDING DNA
REQUIRED CONSENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A direct-to-consumer genetic testing company engaging in any of the following activities must obtain:
(1) an individual's separate express consent for:
(A) the transfer or disclosure of the individual's genetic data to any person other than the company's vendors and service providers;
(B) the use of genetic data for a purpose other than the primary purpose of the company's genetic testing product or service; or
(C) the retention of any biological sample provided by the individual following the company's completion of the initial testing service requested by the individual;
(2) an individual's informed consent in accordance with guidelines for the protection of human subjects issued under 45 C.F.R. Part 46, for transfer or disclosure of the individual's genetic data to a third party for:
(A) research purposes; or
(B) research conducted under the control of the company for the purpose of publication or generalizable knowledge; and
(3) an individual's express consent for:
(A) marketing by the company to the individual based on the individual's genetic data; or
(B) marketing by a third party to the individual based on the individual's ordering or purchasing of a genetic testing product or service.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), "marketing" does not include providing customized content or offers to an individual with whom a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company has a first-party relationship on the company's Internet website or through an application or service provided by the company to the individual.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 2545), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.503A.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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