81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 2423, Chapter 1245 Page: 1 of 4
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1 AN ACT
2 relating to the transfer or sale of patient information or
3 prescription drug history by discount health care programs;
4 providing penalties.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
6 SECTION 1. Subdivisions (3) and (4), Section 76.001, Health
7 and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
8 (3) "Discount health care program" means a business
9 arrangement or contract in which an entity, in exchange for fees,
10 dues, charges, or other consideration, offers its members access to
11 discounts on health care services provided by health care
12 providers. The term does not include an insurance policy,
13 certificate of coverage, or other product regulated by the Texas
14 Department of Insurance or a self-funded or self-insured employee
15 benefit plan. For purposes of this subsection, consideration
16 includes patient information or patient prescription drug history
17 provided by members, if the entity engages in the transfer or sale
18 of such patient information, patient prescription drug history, or
19 drug manufacturer rebates.
20 (4) "Discount health care program operator" means a
21 person who, in exchange for fees, dues, charges, or other
22 consideration, operates a discount health care program and
23 contracts with providers, provider networks, or other discount
24 health care program operators to offer access to health care1
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 2423, Chapter 1245, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149554/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.