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By: Harris (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
H.B. No. 3233 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2025; |
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May 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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Human Services; May 22, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; |
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May 22, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3233 |
By: Hancock |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 4151, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 4151.1531 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 4151.1531. SECURITY OF PATIENT DATA. A pharmacy |
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benefit manager may not store or process patient data for a resident |
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of this state in a location outside of the United States or its |
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territories. |
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SECTION 2. Section 4151.1531, Insurance Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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