Tex. Health and Safety Code § 182.151
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 182.151, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 182.151. DEFINITION.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter, "health information exchange" means an organization that:
(1) assists in the transmission or receipt of health-related information among organizations transmitting or receiving the information according to nationally recognized standards and under an express written agreement with the organizations;
(2) as a primary business function, compiles or organizes health-related information designed to be securely transmitted by the organization among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within a region, state, community, or hospital system; or
(3) assists in the transmission or receipt of electronic health-related information among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within:
(A) a hospital system;
(B) a physician organization;
(C) a health care collaborative, as defined by Section 848.001, Insurance Code;
(D) an accountable care organization participating in the Pioneer Model under the initiative by the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or
(E) an accountable care organization participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1395jjj.
(1) assists in the transmission or receipt of health-related information among organizations transmitting or receiving the information according to nationally recognized standards and under an express written agreement with the organizations;
(2) as a primary business function, compiles or organizes health-related information designed to be securely transmitted by the organization among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within a region, state, community, or hospital system; or
(3) assists in the transmission or receipt of electronic health-related information among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within:
(A) a hospital system;
(B) a physician organization;
(C) a health care collaborative, as defined by Section 848.001, Insurance Code;
(D) an accountable care organization participating in the Pioneer Model under the initiative by the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or
(E) an accountable care organization participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1395jjj.
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