Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 182.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The corporation may: (1) establish statewide health information exchange capabilities, including capabilities for electronic laboratory results, diagnostic studies, and medication history delivery, and, where applicable, promote defini…

Sec. 182.102. PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) The corporation has no authority and shall not engage in any of the following: (1) the collection and analysis of clinical data; (2) the comparison of physicians to other physicians, including comparisons to peer group physicians, physician grou…

Sec. 182.103. PRIVACY OF INFORMATION. (a) Protected health information and individually identifiable health information collected, assembled, or maintained by the corporation is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. (b) The corporation …

Sec. 182.104. SECURITY COMPLIANCE. (a) The corporation shall: (1) establish appropriate security standards to protect both the transmission and the receipt of individually identifiable health information or health care data; (2) establish appropriate security standards to protect…

Sec. 182.105. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. (a) The corporation shall take commercially reasonable measures to protect its intellectual property, including obtaining patents, trademarks, and copyrights where appropriate. (b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1169 (H.B. 3304), …

Sec. 182.106. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The corporation shall submit an annual report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate oversight committee in the senate and the house of representatives. The annual report must inc…

Sec. 182.107. FUNDING. (a) The corporation may be funded through the General Appropriations Act and may request, accept, and use gifts and grants as necessary to implement its functions. (b) The corporation may assess transaction, convenience, or subscription fees to cover costs …

Sec. 182.108. STANDARDS FOR ELECTRONIC SHARING OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION; COVERED ENTITY CERTIFICATION. (a) The corporation shall develop and submit to the commission for ratification privacy and security standards for the electronic sharing of protected health information.…

Sec. 182.151. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "health information exchange" means an organization that: (1) assists in the transmission or receipt of health-related information among organizations transmitting or receiving the information according to nationally recognized standa…

Sec. 182.152. AUTHORITY OF HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 81.046, 82.009, 161.0073, and 161.008, a health information exchange may access and transmit health-related information under Sections 81.044(a), 82.008(a), 161.007(d), 161.00705(a), 161.00706(b)…

Sec. 182.153. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; SECURITY. A health information exchange that collects, transmits, disseminates, accesses, or reports health-related information under this subchapter shall comply with all applicable state and federal law, including secure electronic data submis…

Sec. 182.154. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person who collects, transmits, disseminates, accesses, or reports information under this subchapter on behalf of or as a health information exchange commits an offense if the person, with the intent to violate this subchapter, allows health-…

Sec. 182.155. IMMUNITIES AND DEFENSES CONTINUED. Collecting, transmitting, disseminating, accessing, or reporting information through a health information exchange does not alone deprive a physician or health care provider of an otherwise applicable immunity or defense. Added by …

Sec. 183.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Biological sex" means the biological trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes. (2) "Covered entity" has the meaning assigned by Section 181.001. The term includes a health care p…

Sec. 183.002. REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD STORAGE. (a) A covered entity shall ensure that electronic health records under the control of the entity that contain patient information are physically maintained in the United States or a territory of the United States. T…

Sec. 183.003. REQUIRED MEDICAL HISTORY INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD. A covered entity shall ensure each electronic health record maintained for an individual includes the option for a health care practitioner to collect and record communications between two or more cov…

Sec. 183.004. INFORMATION RESTRICTIONS IN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD. A covered entity may not collect, store, or share any information regarding an individual's credit score or voter registration status in the individual's electronic health record. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R…

Sec. 183.005. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD. (a) A health care practitioner may use artificial intelligence for diagnostic purposes, including the use of artificial intelligence for recommendations on a diagnosis or course of treatment based on a patient's m…

Sec. 183.006. ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD OF MINOR. (a) In this section, "minor" means an individual 17 years of age or younger who has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes. (b) A covered entity shall ensure each electronic health record system…

Sec. 183.007. ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD REQUIREMENTS REGARDING BIOLOGICAL SEX. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission, the Texas Medical Board, and the Texas Department of Insurance shall jointly ensure that: (1) each electronic health record prepared or maintained by a…

Sec. 183.008. AMENDING CERTAIN BIOLOGICAL SEX INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. (a) A covered entity may amend on an electronic health record an individual's biological sex as recorded in the space described by Section 183.007(a)(1)(A) only if: (1) the amendment is to cor…

Sec. 183.009. INVESTIGATION BY COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AGENCY. The commission or the appropriate regulatory agency shall conduct an investigation of any credible allegation of a violation of this chapter by a covered entity. The commission or agency shall ensure the investigatio…

Sec. 183.010. DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY REGULATORY AGENCY. The appropriate regulatory agency may take disciplinary action against a covered entity that violates this chapter three or more times in the same manner as if the covered entity violated an applicable licensing or regulator…

Sec. 183.011. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) The attorney general may institute an action for injunctive relief to restrain a violation of this chapter. (b) In addition to the injunctive relief provided by Subsection (a), the attorney general may institute an action for ci…

Sec. 183.012. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; RULES. The executive commissioner, the Texas Medical Board, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Department of Insurance, and each regulatory agency subject to this chapter shall enter into a memorandum of understa…

Sec. 185.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Debt collection" has the meaning assigned by Section 392.001, Finance Code. (2) "Health care provider" means a facility licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services or supplies in this state in the o…

Sec. 185.002. ITEMIZED BILL REQUIRED. (a) A health care provider that requests payment from a patient after providing a health care service or related supply to the patient shall submit with the request a written, itemized bill of the alleged amount due for each service and suppl…

Sec. 185.003. DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY LICENSING AUTHORITY. (a) The appropriate licensing authority shall take disciplinary action against a health care provider that violates this chapter as if the provider violated an applicable licensing law. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to…

Sec. 191.001. DEFINITIONS. In this title: (1) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. (3) "Vital statistics unit" means the vital statistics unit establi…

Sec. 191.0011. REFERENCE IN OTHER LAW. A reference in other law to the bureau of vital statistics of the department or of the former Texas Department of Health means the vital statistics unit established in the department. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Se…

Sec. 191.002. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT. (a) The department shall administer the registration of vital statistics. (b) The department shall: (1) establish a vital statistics unit in the department with suitable offices that are properly equipped for the preservation of its …

Sec. 191.003. POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt necessary rules for collecting, recording, transcribing, compiling, and preserving vital statistics. (a-1) The department shall: (1) supervise the vital statistics…

Sec. 191.0031. CERTIFIED COPIES BY MAIL. The state registrar or a local registrar may not issue a certified copy of a record under this chapter to a person who has applied for the record by mail unless the person has provided notarized proof of identity in accordance with rules a…

Sec. 191.004. STATE REGISTRAR. (a) The director of the vital statistics unit is the state registrar of vital statistics. The director must be a competent vital statistician. (b) The state registrar shall prepare and issue detailed instructions necessary for the uniform observance…

Sec. 191.0045. FEES. (a) The department may collect fees for providing services to the public and performing other activities in connection with maintenance of the vital statistics system, including: (1) performing searches of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, annulme…

Sec. 191.0046. FEE EXEMPTIONS. (a) On the request of a child's parent or guardian, the state registrar shall issue without fee a certificate necessary for admission to school or to secure employment. The certificate shall be limited to a statement of the child's date of birth. (b…

Sec. 191.0047. BIRTH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES. (a) The department shall implement an efficient and effective method to verify birth information or provide a certified copy of a birth record necessary to provide services for the benefit of a min…

Sec. 191.0048. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO TEXAS HOME VISITING PROGRAM. (a) A person requesting a copy or certified copy of a birth, marriage, or divorce record may make a voluntary contribution of $5 to promote healthy early childhood by supporting the Texas Home Visiting Program …

Sec. 191.0049. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH OR HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH. On request of a child or youth described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, without fee or parental consent, a certified copy of the child'…

Sec. 191.00491. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO VICTIMS AND CHILDREN OF VICTIMS OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE. On request of an individual described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, without payment of a fee, a certified copy of the ind…

Sec. 191.005. VITAL STATISTICS ACCOUNT. (a) The vital statistics account is an account in the general revenue fund in the state treasury. (b) The legislature shall make appropriations to the department from the vital statistics account to be used to defray expenses incurred in th…

Sec. 191.006. RECORDS OF PERSONS IN HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS. (a) This section applies to each public or private hospital, almshouse, or other institution to which persons are committed by process of law or voluntarily enter for treatment of disease or for confinement. (b) When…

Sec. 191.007. REGULATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) regulate the registration of marriages; and (2) direct the return and maintenance of bills of mortality. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 191.008. SORTING COLLECTED DATA. (a) The department shall compile the information relating to births, deaths, and fetal deaths collected under this chapter and organize the results, to the extent possible, according to the following geographic areas: (1) the Texas-Mexico bor…

Sec. 191.009. USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS. (a) In this section, "diacritical mark" means a mark used in Latin script to change the sound of the letter to which it is added or used to distinguish the meaning of the word in which the letter appears. The term includes accents, tildes, …

Sec. 191.010. DEATH INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) The department shall implement an efficient and effective method to verify death information to assist the Department of Public Safety with maintaining records of holders of driver's licenses and personal identi…