Texas Insurance Code

§ 601.004 — TREATMENT OF CERTAIN HEALTH INFORMATION; STRICTER RULES NOT PRECLUDED

IN § 601.004Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part D. PRIVACY · Ch. 601. PRIVACY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

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.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.