Sec. 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 the information according to nationally recognized standards and under an express written agreement with the organizations;
(2) as a primary business function, compiles or organizes health-related information designed to be securely transmitted by the organization among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within a region, state, community, or hospital system; or
(3) assists in the transmission or receipt of electronic health-related information among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within:
(A) a hospital system;
(B) a physician organization;
(C) a health care collaborative, as defined by Section 848.001, Insurance Code;
(D) an accountable care organization participating in the Pioneer Model under the initiative by the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or
(E) an accountable care organization participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1395jjj.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1085 (H.B. 2641), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2015.
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