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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use by certain health care providers of |
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electronically readable information from a driver's license or |
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personal identification certificate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.126(i), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(i) The prohibition provided by Subsection (b) does not |
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apply to: |
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(1) a hospital that accesses, uses, compiles, or |
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maintains a database of the information to provide health care |
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services to the individual who holds the driver's license, |
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commercial driver's license, or personal identification |
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certificate; or |
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(2) a physician licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3, |
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Occupations Code, or an employee, independent contractor, or agent |
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of the physician acting in the course and scope of the employment or |
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contractual relationship, who accesses, uses, compiles, or |
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maintains a database of the information to provide health care |
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services to the individual who holds the driver's license, |
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commercial driver's license, or personal identification |
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certificate. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |