Tex. Health and Safety Code § 34.017
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 34.017, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 34.017. DEPARTMENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding Chapter 108 or any other law, the department may have access to the following information that may include the identity of a patient to fulfill its duties under this chapter:
(1) birth records;
(2) fetal death records;
(3) maternal death records; and
(4) hospital and birthing center discharge data.
(b) The department may not disclose the information described by Subsection (a) to the review committee or any other person.
(1) birth records;
(2) fetal death records;
(3) maternal death records; and
(4) hospital and birthing center discharge data.
(b) The department may not disclose the information described by Subsection (a) to the review committee or any other person.
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