Bill Amendment: TX SB2064 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

Texas Senate Bill 2064

TX State Legislature page for SB2064

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

Bill Title: Relating to the dissemination of patient information through a telemedicine, telehealth, or teledentistry service.

Status: 2023-05-06 - Referred to Public Health [SB2064 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2064-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-Bettencourt.html

Amend CSSB 2064 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill as follows:

(1) In added Section 111.010(a), Occupations Code (page 1, line 27), strike "section, "social" and substitute the following:

section:

(1) "Patient information" means any information relating to:

(A) the past, present, or future physical or mental health condition of an individual;

(B) the provision of health care to an individual; or

(2) "Social

(2) In added Section 111.010(b), Occupations Code (page 1, line 33), strike "or otherwise shares" and substitute "the patient information of a patient of the physician, health professional, or dentist to or otherwise shares the".

(3) In added Section 111.010(c), Occupations Code (page 1, line 37), strike "entity." and substitute the following:

entity, unless the physician, health professional, or dentist had received written assurances from the entity providing telecommunications or information technology that the entity appropriately safeguards patient information of the physician's, health professional's, or dentist's patients.

(d) An entity that provides telecommunications or information technology to enable a telemedicine medical service, telehealth service, or teledentistry service may not sell or otherwise share patient information with a social media platform. A violation of this subsection may be enforced in the same manner as a violation of Chapter 181, Health and Safety Code, is enforced under Subchapter E of that chapter.

(e)