Sec. 34.012. DATABASE OF DE-IDENTIFIED INFORMATION. (a) The department may establish and maintain an electronic database to track cases of pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity to assist the department and task force in performing functions under this chapter.
(b) The information in the database may not include identifying information, including:
(1) the name of a patient; or
(2) the name or specific location of a health care provider that treated a patient.
(c) The database may be accessed only by the department and the task force for the purposes described in this chapter.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 527 (S.B. 495), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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