Tex. Health & Safety Code § 108.007 · Chapter 108. HEALTH CARE DATA COLLECTION
REVIEW POWERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department, subject to reasonable rules and guidelines, may:
(1) inspect documents and records used by data sources that are required to compile data and reports; and
(2) compel providers to produce accurate documents and records.
(b) The department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a state agency, including the division of the commission responsible for the state Medicaid program, or with a school of public health or another institution of higher education, to share data and expertise, to obtain data for the department, or to make data available to the department. An agreement entered into under this subsection must protect patient confidentiality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 726, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0355, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.108.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 84044d92e80d7ea8bc8616475211d8f727ede25bd3c5aeecccf88127c3b57656
- Composed by
- 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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