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            relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 4151, Insurance Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended by adding Section 4151.1531 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 4151.1531.  SECURITY OF PATIENT DATA.  A pharmacy  | 
         
         
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            benefit manager may not store or process patient data for a resident  | 
         
         
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            of this state in a location outside of the United States or its  | 
         
         
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            territories. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  Section 4151.1531, Insurance Code, as added by  | 
         
         
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            this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or  | 
         
         
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            after the effective date of this Act. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 3233 was passed by the House on May  | 
         
         
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            12, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not  | 
         
         
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            voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.  | 
         
         
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            No. 3233 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 0,  | 
         
         
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            1 present, not voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 3233 was passed by the Senate, with  | 
         
         
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            amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays  | 
         
         
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            0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate    | 
         
         
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            APPROVED: __________________ | 
         
         
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                          Governor        |