Texas Insurance Code 4151.153 – Disclosure of Certain Patient Information Prohibited
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(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.
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 4151.153
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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.