Tex. Health & Safety Code § 108.012 · Chapter 108. HEALTH CARE DATA COLLECTION
COMPUTER ACCESS TO DATA.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall provide a means for computer-to-computer access to the public use data. All reports shall maintain patient confidentiality as provided by Section 108.013.
(b) The department may charge a person requesting public use or provider quality data a fee for the data. The fees may reflect the quantity of information provided and the expense incurred by the department in collecting and providing the data. The executive commissioner by rule shall set the fees at a level that will raise revenue sufficient for the operation of the department. The department may not charge a fee for providing public use data to another state agency.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 726, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 261, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0355, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.108.htm
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