Bill Text: TX SB882 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding the occurrence of communicable diseases in residential facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB882 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB882-Introduced.html
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 882 | |
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relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding the | ||
occurrence of communicable diseases in residential facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 81.046(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 181.060, reports | ||
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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 Subsections | ||
(c), (c-1), (d), and (f) or Section 181.060. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 181, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 181.060 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 181.060. INFORMATION REGARDING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES | ||
IN CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Communicable disease" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 81.003. | ||
(2) "Facility" means: | ||
(A) a nursing facility licensed under Chapter | ||
242; | ||
(B) a continuing care facility licensed under | ||
Chapter 246; and | ||
(C) an assisted living facility licensed under | ||
Chapter 247. | ||
(3) "Resident" means an individual, including a | ||
patient, who resides in a facility. | ||
(b) In this chapter, protected health information does not | ||
include information that identifies: | ||
(1) the name or location of a facility in which | ||
residents have been diagnosed with a communicable disease; or | ||
(2) the number of residents who have been diagnosed | ||
with a communicable disease in a facility. | ||
(c) Unless made confidential under other law, the | ||
information described by Subsection (b) is not confidential and is | ||
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |