Tex. Health & Safety Code § 174.005 · Chapter 174. SECURITY OF GENETIC INFORMATION
PROHIBITED USE OF CERTAIN GENOME SEQUENCERS AND GENOME SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A medical facility, research facility, company, or nonprofit organization subject to this chapter may not use a genome sequencer or software produced by or on behalf of:
(1) a foreign adversary;
(2) a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary;
(3) a company or nonprofit organization domiciled within the borders of a country that is a foreign adversary; or
(4) an owned or controlled subsidiary or affiliate of a company or nonprofit organization domiciled within the borders of a country that is a foreign adversary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 130), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.174.htm
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- 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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