Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 182 - Electronic Exchange Of Health Information
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 182.001 - Purpose
This chapter establishes the Texas Health Services Authority as a public-private collaborative to implement the state-level health information technology functions identified by the Texas Health...
- Texas Section 182.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the corporation. (2) "Corporation" means the Texas Health Services Authority. (2-a) "Covered entity" has...
SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 182.003 - Expiration Of Subchapter
This subchapter expires September 1, 2021. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 12 (S.B. 203), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015. For expiration...
- Texas Section 182.051 - Texas Health Services Authority; Purpose
(a) The corporation is established to: (1) promote, implement, and facilitate the voluntary and secure electronic exchange of health information; and (2) create incentives to...
- Texas Section 182.052 - Expiration Of Subchapter
This subchapter expires September 1, 2021. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 845 (H.B. 1066), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Amended by:...
- Texas Section 182.053 - Composition Of Board Of Directors
(a) The corporation is governed by a board of 12 directors appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) The...
- Texas Section 182.054 - Terms Of Office
Appointed members of the board serve two-year terms and may continue to serve until a successor has been appointed by the governor. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 182.055 - Expenses
Members of the board serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses in attending meetings of the board or performing...
- Texas Section 182.056 - Officers; Conflict Of Interest
(a) The governor shall designate a member of the board as presiding officer to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor. (b)...
- Texas Section 182.057 - Prohibition On Certain Contracts And Employment
The board may not compensate, employ, or contract with any individual who serves as a member of the board or advisory council to any other...
- Texas Section 182.058 - Meetings
(a) The board may meet as often as necessary, but shall meet at least twice a year. (b) The board shall develop and implement policies...
- Texas Section 182.059 - Chief Executive Officer; Personnel
The board may hire a chief executive officer. Under the direction of the board, the chief executive officer shall perform the duties required by this...
- Texas Section 182.060 - Technology Policy
The board shall implement a policy requiring the corporation to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the corporation's ability to perform its functions. The policy...
- Texas Section 182.061 - Liabilities Of Authority
Liabilities created by the corporation are not debts or obligations of the state, and the corporation may not secure any liability with funds or assets...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 182.062 - Board Member Immunity
(a) A board member may not be held civilly liable for an act performed, or omission made, in good faith in the performance of the...
- Texas Section 182.101 - General Powers And Duties
(a) The corporation may: (1) establish statewide health information exchange capabilities, including capabilities for electronic laboratory results, diagnostic studies, and medication history delivery, and, where...
- Texas Section 182.102 - Prohibited Acts
(a) The corporation has no authority and shall not engage in any of the following: (1) the collection and analysis of clinical data; (2) the...
- Texas Section 182.103 - Privacy Of Information
(a) Protected health information and individually identifiable health information collected, assembled, or maintained by the corporation is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under...
- Texas Section 182.104 - Security Compliance
(a) The corporation shall: (1) establish appropriate security standards to protect both the transmission and the receipt of individually identifiable health information or health care...
- Texas Section 182.105 - Intellectual Property
(a) The corporation shall take commercially reasonable measures to protect its intellectual property, including obtaining patents, trademarks, and copyrights where appropriate. (b) This section expires...
- Texas Section 182.106 - Annual Report
(a) The corporation shall submit an annual report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate oversight...
- Texas Section 182.107 - Funding
(a) The corporation may be funded through the General Appropriations Act and may request, accept, and use gifts and grants as necessary to implement its...
SUBCHAPTER D HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES
- Texas Section 182.108 - Standards For Electronic Sharing Of Protected Health Information; Covered Entity Certification
(a) The corporation shall develop and submit to the commission for ratification privacy and security standards for the electronic sharing of protected health information. (b)...
- Texas Section 182.151 - Definition
In this subchapter, "health information exchange" means an organization that: (1) assists in the transmission or receipt of health-related information among organizations transmitting or receiving...
- Texas Section 182.152 - Authority Of Health Information Exchange
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 81.046, 82.009, 161.0073, and 161.008, a health information exchange may access and transmit health-related information under Sections 81.044(a), 82.008(a), 161.007(d), 161.00705(a), 161.00706(b),...
- Texas Section 182.153 - Compliance With Law; Security
A health information exchange that collects, transmits, disseminates, accesses, or reports health-related information under this subchapter shall comply with all applicable state and federal law,...
- Texas Section 182.154 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person who collects, transmits, disseminates, accesses, or reports information under this subchapter on behalf of or as a health information exchange commits an...
- Texas Section 182.155 - Immunities And Defenses Continued
Collecting, transmitting, disseminating, accessing, or reporting information through a health information exchange does not alone deprive a physician or health care provider of an otherwise...
Last modified: September 28, 2016