Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 11 amends the Health and Safety Code and Insurance Code to establish privacy guidelines for certain health information and prohibits uses of protected health information for marketing or health research purposes without the consent or authorization of the subject of the information; it also allows individuals the right to access and amend their medical records. The bill prohibits a person from reidentifying or attempting to reidentify an individual as the subject of protected health records. The bill establishes certain enforcement actions for violations, including authorizing actions for injunctive relief to restrain violations.

The bill takes effect September 1, 2001, except the changes to the Insurance Code take effect January 1, 2002.