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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of electronically readable information from a |
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driver's license or personal identification certificate by certain |
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health care providers and hospitals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.126, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (i) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), [and] (g), |
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and (i), a person commits an offense if the person: |
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(1) accesses or uses electronically readable |
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information derived from a driver's license, commercial driver's |
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license, or personal identification certificate; or |
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(2) compiles or maintains a database of electronically |
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readable information derived from driver's licenses, commercial |
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driver's licenses, or personal identification certificates. |
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(i) The prohibition provided by Subsection (b)(1) does not |
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apply to a hospital that accesses or uses the information that is |
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printed on the license or personal identification certificate to |
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complete a form that is required to provide health care services to |
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the individual who holds the driver's license, commercial driver's |
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license, or personal identification certificate. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |