89R25441 SCR-D
By: Harris H.B. No. 3233
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3233:
By: Dean C.S.H.B. No. 3233
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 4151, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 4151.1531 to read as follows:
Sec. 4151.1531. SECURITY OF PATIENT DATA. A pharmacy
benefit manager may not store or process patient data for a resident
of this state in a location that is in a country the government of
which has been determined by the secretary of state of the United
States to have repeatedly provided support for acts of
international terrorism as designated under:
(1) Section 620A, Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. Section 2371);
(2) Section 40, Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
Section 2780); or
(3) Section 1754(c), John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. No. 115-232).
SECTION 2. Section 4151.1531, Insurance Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.