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                                                                  H.B. No. 2195




AN ACT

relating to the disclosure of certain confidential health 
information to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 241, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 241.1531 to read as follows:  
	Sec. 241.1531.  EXCHANGE OF INMATE'S HEALTH CARE 
INFORMATION.  Notwithstanding any other law of this state, the 
health care information of a patient who is a defendant or inmate 
confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice may be exchanged between health care 
personnel of the department and health care personnel of The 
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston or the Texas Tech 
University Health Sciences Center.  The authorization of the 
defendant or inmate is not required for the exchange of 
information.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by Section 241.1531, 
Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, is intended to clarify 
rather than change existing law.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.



______________________________                ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2195 was passed by the House on April 
22, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2195 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor