Sec. 161.0213. CONFIDENTIALITY. Reports, records, and information furnished to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that relate to an epidemiologic or toxicologic investigation of human illnesses or conditions and of environmental exposures that are harmful or believed to be harmful to the public health are not public information under Chapter 552, Government Code, and are subject to the same confidentiality requirements as described by Section 81.046.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0469, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions
Chapter 161 - Public Health Provisions
Subchapter C. Provision of Information Relating to Certain Health Conditions
Section 161.021. Authorization to Provide Information; Use of Information; Liability
Section 161.0211. Epidemiologic or Toxicologic Investigations
Section 161.0212. Right of Entry
Section 161.0213. Confidentiality
Section 161.022. Use and Publication Restrictions; Confidentiality
Section 161.023. No Liability for Reports to Medical Committee
Section 161.024. Application to Health Maintenance Organization