Bill Text: TX SB930 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding the occurrence of communicable diseases in residential facilities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB930 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB930-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 930 |
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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) 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. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 930 passed the Senate on | ||
March 31, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 930 passed the House on | ||
May 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |