78R8348 MCK-D

By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 1136



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to access to certain private medical information.                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 181.001(b)(3), Health and Safety Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
		(3)  "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
Act and Privacy Standards" means the privacy requirements of the 
Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub.  L. No. 104-191) 
contained in 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164 [and the final rules 
adopted on December 28, 2000, and published at 65 Fed. Reg. 82798 et 
seq.], and any subsequent amendments.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 181.001(b)(2) and (5), and Subchapter 
C, Chapter 181, Health and Safety Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.