83R6717 MMC-F
By: Callegari H.B. No. 1046
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use by certain health care providers of
electronically readable information from a driver's license or
personal identification certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.126(i), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) The prohibition provided by Subsection (b) does not
apply to:
(1) a hospital that accesses, uses, compiles, or
maintains a database of the information to provide health care
services to the individual who holds the driver's license,
commercial driver's license, or personal identification
certificate; or
(2) a physician licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3,
Occupations Code, or an employee, independent contractor, or agent
of the physician acting in the course and scope of the employment or
contractual relationship, who accesses, uses, compiles, or
maintains a database of the information to provide health care
services to the individual who holds the driver's license,
commercial driver's license, or personal identification
certificate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.