Texas § IN.4151.153 - DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PATIENT INFORMATION PROHIBITED
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§ IN.4151.153. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PATIENT INFORMATION PROHIBITED
DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PATIENT INFORMATION PROHIBITED. (a) A pharmacy benefit manager may not sell a list of patients that contains information through which the identity of an individual patient is disclosed. (b) A pharmacy benefit manager shall maintain all data that identifies a patient in a confidential manner that prevents disclosure to a third party unless the disclosure is otherwise authorized by law or by the patient. (c) This section does not prohibit: (1) general advertising about a specific pharmaceutical product or service; or (2) the request and receipt by a person of information regarding: (A) a specific pharmaceutical product or service; (B) the person's own records or claims; or (C) the person's dependent's records or claims. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.
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