Tex. Ins. Code § 601.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
TREATMENT OF CERTAIN HEALTH INFORMATION; STRICTER RULES NOT PRECLUDED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter does not affect the authority of the department or another state agency to adopt stricter rules governing the treatment of health information by a covered entity if another law gives the department or agency that authority, including a law or rule of this state related to the privacy of individually identifiable health information under Subtitle F, Title II, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), as amended.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.601.htm
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