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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 526.0008. Compliance With National Electronic Data Interchange Standards for Health Care Information

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Each health and human services agency and other state agency that acts as a health care provider or a claims payer for the provision of health care shall:

(1) process information related to health care in compliance with national data interchange standards adopted under Subtitle F, Title II, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), within the applicable deadline established under federal law or federal regulations; or

(2) demonstrate to the commission the reasons the agency should not be required to comply with Subdivision (1), and to the extent allowed under federal law, obtain the commission's approval to:

(A) comply with the standards at a later date; or

(B) not comply with one or more of the standards. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.0315.)

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