INFORMATION REGARDING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN CERTAIN FACILITIES.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 181.060.
in effect(a) In this section:
(1) "Communicable disease" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.003 .
(2) "Facility" means:
(A) a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242 ;
(B) a continuing care facility licensed under Chapter 246 ; and
(C) an assisted living facility licensed under Chapter 247 .
(3) "Resident" means an individual, including a patient, who resides in a facility.
(b) In this chapter, protected health information does not include information that identifies:
(1) the name or location of a facility in which residents have been diagnosed with a communicable disease; or
(2) the number of residents who have been diagnosed with a communicable disease in a facility.
(c) Unless made confidential under other law, the information described by Subsection (b) is not confidential and is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 , Government Code.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 95 (S.B. 930 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
SUBCHAPTER C. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION