Bill Text: TX SB1750 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain confidential or privileged information related to veterinary care or treatment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1750 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1750-Introduced.html
| 86R7062 SOS-F | ||
| By: Seliger | S.B. No. 1750 | |
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| relating to certain confidential or privileged information related | ||
| to veterinary care or treatment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 801.353, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (d-2) and (f-1) and amending Subsection (g) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (d-2) The privilege provided by this section is waived by | ||
| the client or the owner of the animal treated by the veterinarian | ||
| with respect to information regarding the animal's care and | ||
| treatment by the veterinarian that the client or owner publishes in | ||
| a public forum. | ||
| (f-1) A veterinarian does not violate this section by | ||
| providing to a veterinarian or an appropriate governmental entity | ||
| information regarding: | ||
| (1) the prescribing, dispensing, or requesting of a | ||
| controlled substance; or | ||
| (2) cruelty to or an attack of an animal. | ||
| (g) A public health authority or other governmental entity | ||
| that receives information under Subsection (f) or (f-1) shall | ||
| maintain the confidentiality of the information, may not disclose | ||
| the information under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not use | ||
| the information for a purpose that does not directly relate to law | ||
| enforcement or the protection of public health and safety. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 801.353, Occupations Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies only to the disclosure or release of information | ||
| under that section on or after the effective date of this Act. The | ||
| disclosure or release of information before that date is governed | ||
| by the law in effect on the date of the disclosure or release, and | ||
| the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
