Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 182.151 — DEFINITION

HS § 182.151Title 2. HEALTH · Part I. MEDICAL RECORDS · Ch. 182. ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF HEALTH INFORMATION · Art. D. HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES

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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 standards and under an express written agreement with the organizations;

(2)as a primary business function, compiles or organizes health-related information designed to be securely transmitted by the organization among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within a region, state, community, or hospital system; or

(3)assists in the transmission or receipt of electronic health-related information among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within:

(A)a hospital system;

(B)a physician organization;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1085 (H.B. 2641), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2015.