Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 81.046 — CONFIDENTIALITY

HS § 81.046Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES · Art. C. REPORTS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES

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(a)Reports, records, and information received from any source, including from a federal agency or from another state, furnished to a public health district, a health authority, a local health department, or the department that relate to cases or suspected cases of diseases or health conditions are confidential and may be used only for the purposes of this chapter.

(b)Reports, records, and information relating to cases or suspected cases of diseases or health conditions are not public information under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be released or made public on subpoena or otherwise except as provided by:

(1)Subsections (c), (c-1), (d), and (f); and

(2)Section 181.060.

(c)Medical or epidemiological information, including information linking a person who is exposed to a person with a communicable disease, may be released:

(1)for statistical purposes if released in a manner that prevents the identification of any person;

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 788 (S.B. 1171), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 789 (H.B. 2646), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1278 (S.B. 1574), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 9.001, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(25), eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1087 (H.B. 3576), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1087 (H.B. 3576), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 95 (S.B. 930), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.