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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption of certain persons from the requirement |
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that a person who requires disclosure of a social security number |
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adopt a privacy policy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 35.581(c), Business & Commerce Code, as |
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added by Chapter 198, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2005, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) This section does not apply to: |
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(1) a person who is required to maintain and |
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disseminate a privacy policy under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 |
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U.S.C. Sections 6801 to 6809), the Family Educational Rights and |
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Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g), or the Health Insurance |
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Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d |
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et seq.); |
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(2) a covered entity under rules adopted by the |
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commissioner of insurance relating to insurance consumer health |
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information privacy or insurance consumer financial information |
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privacy; |
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(3) a governmental body, as defined by Section |
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552.003, Government Code, other than a municipally owned utility; |
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[or] |
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(4) a person with respect to a loan transaction, if the |
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person is not engaged in the business of making loans; or |
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(5) a person subject to Section 901.457, Occupations |
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Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |