Tex. Health & Safety Code § 181.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION NOT PUBLIC.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding Sections 181.004 and 181.051, for a covered entity that is a governmental unit, an individual's protected health information:
(1) includes any information that reflects that an individual received health care from the covered entity; and
(2) is not public information and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 419 (H.B. 2004), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1126 (H.B. 300), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2012.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.181.htm
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