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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to risk management at institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.053, Business and Commerce Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) For a breach of system security that involves protected |
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health information, as that term is defined by the federal Health |
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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Privacy |
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Standards, a notice of the breach provided pursuant to the federal |
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notification in the case of breach of unsecured protected health |
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information (45 CFR Part 164, Subpart D) satisfies the requirements |
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of Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Section 312.003, Health and Safety Code, |
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isamended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 312.003. AGREEMENT REQUIRED. This chapter applies |
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only if the [a] medical and dental unit or [and a] supported medical |
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or dental school agrees [agree], either directly or through a |
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coordinating entity, to provide or cause to be provided medical, |
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dental, or other patient care or services or to perform or cause to |
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be performed medical, dental, or clinical education, training, or |
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research activities in a coordinated or cooperative manner in a |
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public hospital. |
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SECTION 3. Section 312.007, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) For purposes of this section, a director, trustee, |
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officer, intern, resident, fellow, faculty member, or other |
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associated health care professional of the medical and dental unit, |
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the supported medical or dental school, or coordinating agency is |
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considered an employee without regard to whether the individual is |
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in the paid service of the unit, school, or agency. |
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SECTION 4. Section 1601.004(a), Insurance Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) In this chapter, "dependent," with respect to an |
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individual eligible to participate in the uniform program under |
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Section 1601.101 or 1601.102, means the individual's: |
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(1) spouse; |
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(2) unmarried child younger than 26 [25] years of age; |
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and |
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(3) child of any age who the system determines lives |
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with or has the child's care provided by the individual on a regular |
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basis if the child is mentally [retarded] or physically |
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incapacitated to the extent that the child is dependent on the |
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individual for care or support, as determined by the system, and: |
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(A) the child is at least 26 years of age, the |
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child's coverage under this chapter has not lapsed, and the child |
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was enrolled as a participant in the health benefits coverage under |
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the uniform program on the date of the child's 26th birthday; or |
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(B) as to a child of an individual eligible to |
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participate as an employee under Section 1601.101, at the time of |
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the individual's initial enrollment in health benefits coverage |
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under the uniform program the child is at least 26 years of age and |
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is enrolled in comparable coverage, as determined by the system, |
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under the individual's previous health benefits coverage. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |