Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 108 - Health Care Data Collection

• Texas Section 108.001 - Department Duties
  The department shall administer this chapter and report to the governor, the legislature, and the public. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 726, Sec....
• Texas Section 108.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Accurate and consistent data" means data that has been edited by the department and subject to provider validation and certification. (3)...
• Texas Section 108.006 - Powers And Duties Of Executive Commissioner And Department
  (a) The department shall develop a statewide health care data collection system to collect health care charges, utilization data, provider quality data, and outcome data...
• Texas Section 108.0065 - Powers And Duties Of Commission And Department Relating To Medicaid Managed Care
  (a) In this section, "Medicaid managed care organization" means a managed care organization, as defined by Section 533.001, Government Code, that is contracting with the...
• Texas Section 108.007 - Review Powers
  (a) The department, subject to reasonable rules and guidelines, may: (1) inspect documents and records used by data sources that are required to compile data...
• Texas Section 108.0085 - Duties Of Attorney General
  The attorney general shall furnish the department with advice and legal assistance that may be required to implement this chapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th...
• Texas Section 108.009 - Data Submission And Collection
  (a) The department may collect, and, except as provided by Subsection (d), providers shall submit to the department or another entity as determined by the...
• Texas Section 108.0095 - Notification Of Data Collection
  (a) A provider shall provide to a patient whose data is being collected under this chapter written notice on a form prescribed by the department...
• Texas Section 108.010 - Collection And Dissemination Of Provider Quality Data
  (a) Subject to Section 108.009, the department shall collect data reflecting provider quality based on a methodology and review process established through the executive commissioner's...
• Texas Section 108.011 - Dissemination Of Public Use Data And Department Publications
  (a) The department shall promptly provide public use data and data collected in accordance with Section 108.009(o) to those requesting it. The public use data...
• Texas Section 108.012 - Computer Access To Data
  (a) The department shall provide a means for computer-to-computer access to the public use data. All reports shall maintain patient confidentiality as provided by Section...
• Texas Section 108.013 - Confidentiality And General Access To Data
  (a) The data received by the department under this chapter shall be used by the department and commission only for the benefit of the public....
• Texas Section 108.0131 - List Of Purchasers Or Recipients Of Data
  The department shall post on the department's Internet website a list of each entity that purchases or receives data collected under this chapter. Added by...
• Texas Section 108.0132 - Prohibited Charge To Certain State Agencies For Data
  The department may not charge a fee to the commission or any other health and human services agency for the use of any data collected...
• Texas Section 108.0135 - Institutional Review Board
  (a) The department shall establish an institutional review board to review and approve requests for access to data not contained in public use data. The...
• Texas Section 108.0136 - Report; Notification Of Cyber Attack
  (a) The department shall prepare for the commissioner an annual report describing the security measures taken to protect data collected under this chapter and any...
• Texas Section 108.014 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person who knowingly or negligently releases data in violation of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000....
• Texas Section 108.0141 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person who knowingly accesses data in violation of this chapter or who with criminal negligence releases data in violation of this chapter commits...
• Texas Section 108.015 - Conflict Of Interest
  The department may not accept a donation from a person required to provide data under this chapter or from a person or business entity who...
• Texas Section 108.016 - Sunset Review
  Unless the department is continued in existence in accordance with Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), after the review required by Section 1001.003, this...

Last modified: September 28, 2016