Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 241.153 — DISCLOSURE WITHOUT WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION

HS § 241.153Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 241. HOSPITALS · Art. G. DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION

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A patient's health care information may be disclosed without the patient's authorization if the disclosure is:

(1)directory information, unless the patient has instructed the hospital not to make the disclosure or the directory information is otherwise protected by state or federal law;

(2)to a health care provider who is rendering health care to the patient when the request for the disclosure is made;

(3)to a transporting emergency medical services provider for the purpose of:

(A)treatment or payment, as those terms are defined by the regulations adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191); or

(B)the following health care operations described by the regulations adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191):

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 136 (H.B. 739), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 337 (S.B. 1113), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 186 (H.B. 2027), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.