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SECTION 1. Section
81.046(c), Health and Safety Code, as amended by Chapter 789 (H.B. 2646),
Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and Chapter 1278 (S.B.
1574), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted
and amended to read as follows:
(c) Medical or
epidemiological information, including information linking a person who is
exposed to a person with a communicable disease, may be released:
(1) for statistical purposes
if released in a manner that prevents the identification of any person;
(2) with the consent of each
person identified in the information;
(3) to medical personnel
treating the individual, appropriate state agencies in this state or
another state, a health authority or local health department in this state
or another state, or federal, county, or district courts to comply with
this chapter and related rules relating to the control and treatment of
communicable diseases and health conditions or under another state or
federal law that expressly authorizes the disclosure of this information;
(4) to appropriate federal
agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the
United States Public Health Service, but, except as provided under
Subsection (c-3), the information must be limited to the name, address,
sex, race, and occupation of the patient, the date of disease onset, the
probable source of infection, and other requested information relating to
the case or suspected case of a communicable disease or health condition;
(5) to medical personnel to
the extent necessary in a medical emergency to protect the health or life of
the person identified in the information;
(6) to governmental entities
that
provide first responders who
may respond to a situation involving a potential communicable disease of
concern and need the information to properly respond to the situation; or
(7) to a local health
department or health authority for a designated monitoring period based on
the potential risk for developing symptoms of a communicable disease of
concern.
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SECTION 1. Section
81.046(c), Health and Safety Code, as amended by Chapters 789 (H.B. 2646)
and 1278 (S.B. 1574), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015,
is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(c) Medical or
epidemiological information, including information linking a person who is
exposed to a person with a communicable disease, may be released:
(1) for statistical purposes
if released in a manner that prevents the identification of any person;
(2) with the consent of each
person identified in the information;
(3) to medical personnel
treating the individual, appropriate state agencies in this state or
another state, a health authority or local health department in this state
or another state, or federal, county, or district courts to comply with
this chapter and related rules relating to the control and treatment of
communicable diseases and health conditions or under another state or
federal law that expressly authorizes the disclosure of this information;
(4) to appropriate federal
agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [of the United States Public Health Service],
but, except as provided under Subsection (c-3), the information must
be limited to the name, address, sex, race, and occupation of the patient,
the date of disease onset, the probable source of infection, and other
requested information relating to the case or suspected case of a
communicable disease or health condition;
(5) to medical personnel to
the extent necessary in a medical emergency to protect the health or life
of the person identified in the information; [or]
(6)
to a designated infection control officer;
(7) [(6)] to
governmental entities that provide first responders who may respond to a
situation involving a potential communicable disease of concern and need
the information to properly respond to the situation; or
(8) [(7)] to a
local health department or health authority for a designated monitoring
period based on the potential risk for developing symptoms of a
communicable disease of concern.
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SECTION 2. Section 81.046,
Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-3) to read as
follows:
(c-3) The following
medical or epidemiological information relating to a patient or an individual who has or is suspected of
having a present or potential health condition resulting from exposure to a
high consequence communicable disease, such as the Zika virus, may be
released to an appropriate federal agency that
requests the information for the purpose of creating a multistate registry
of cases of the communicable disease:
(1) the name, address,
sex, race, and occupation of the patient
or individual;
(2) the date of the onset
of the health condition onset, as
applicable;
(3) the probable source
of infection or exposure; and
(4) other requested
information relating to the case or suspected case of the infection.
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SECTION 2. Section 81.046,
Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-3) to read as
follows:
(c-3) The following
medical or epidemiological information relating to a person who has or is
suspected of having a present or potential health condition resulting from
exposure to a high consequence communicable disease, such as the Zika
virus, may be released to an appropriate federal agency:
(1) the name, address,
sex, race, and occupation of the person;
(2) the date of the onset
of the health condition;
(3) the probable source
of infection or exposure; and
(4) other requested
information relating to the case or suspected case of the infection.
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