Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1082	Senate Author:  Huffman
Effective:  9-1-09	House Sponsor:  Laubenberg

            Senate Bill 1082 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize the Department of State Health Services and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to use funds from the perpetual care account to pay for the storage and maintenance of mammography medical records and to pay for measures that assure availability of those records to affected patients. The bill authorizes the department or commission to provide for the storage, maintenance, and distribution of the records by the terms of a contract, lease, or certification or license issued by the department or commission. The bill exempts the department and commission from liability for the costs of storage, maintenance, or distribution arising from a certification holder's failure to store, maintain, or make the records available.