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Senate Bill 1609 |
Senate Author: Schwertner |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Kolkhorst et al. |
Previous law required each covered entity under statutory provisions relating to medical records privacy to provide a training program to employees of the covered entity regarding state and federal law concerning protected health information as it relates to the covered entity's particular course of business and each employee's scope of employment. Senate Bill 1609 amends the Health and Safety Code to require such a covered entity to provide training to employees of the covered entity regarding such law as necessary and appropriate for the employees to carry out the employees' duties for the covered entities. The bill lengthens the deadline by which an employee of a covered entity is required to complete the training, revises the frequency of and conditions under which an employee must receive the training, and specifies the length of time a covered entity is required to maintain an employee's signed training verification statement.