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Texas Medical Records Privacy Act
The Texas Medical Records Privacy Act sets state-law duties for the privacy and security of protected health information that run alongside HIPAA, with Texas enforcement through the Attorney General. It matters wherever HIPAA alone is assumed to answer the question.
Status
- Legal status
- In effect
- Allegation or finding
- Operative law
- Applicability
- Persons handling protected health information in Texas
- Enforceability
- Binding on parties within scope
- Effective date
- In effect; HB 4224 added §181.105 posting duty, September 1, 2025
- Law checked through
- October 12, 2026
- Primary-source pinpoint
- ch. 181
- Primary source
- https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/HS/htm/HS.181.htm
- Citation
- Health & Safety Code ch. 181; covered entity defined in §181.001
- Source
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 181