Sec. 108.012. COMPUTER ACCESS TO DATA. (a) The department shall provide a means for computer-to-computer access to the public use data. All reports shall maintain patient confidentiality as provided by Section 108.013.
(b) The department may charge a person requesting public use or provider quality data a fee for the data. The fees may reflect the quantity of information provided and the expense incurred by the department in collecting and providing the data. The executive commissioner by rule shall set the fees at a level that will raise revenue sufficient for the operation of the department. The department may not charge a fee for providing public use data to another state agency.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 726, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 261, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0355, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle E - Health Care Councils and Resource Centers
Chapter 108 - Health Care Data Collection
Section 108.001. Department Duties
Section 108.006. Powers and Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department
Section 108.0065. Powers and Duties of Commission and Department Relating to Medicaid Managed Care
Section 108.007. Review Powers
Section 108.0085. Duties of Attorney General
Section 108.009. Data Submission and Collection
Section 108.0095. Notification of Data Collection
Section 108.010. Collection and Dissemination of Provider Quality Data
Section 108.011. Dissemination of Public Use Data and Department Publications
Section 108.012. Computer Access to Data
Section 108.013. Confidentiality and General Access to Data
Section 108.0131. List of Purchasers or Recipients of Data
Section 108.0132. Prohibited Charge to Certain State Agencies for Data
Section 108.0135. Institutional Review Board
Section 108.0136. Report; Notification of Cyber Attack
Section 108.014. Civil Penalty
Section 108.0141. Criminal Penalty