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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 174.006: PROHIBITED SALE OF GENOMIC INFORMATION IN BANKRUPTCY OR REORGANIZATION.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 2. HEALTH
  3. SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
  4. CHAPTER 174. SECURITY OF GENETIC INFORMATION

A medical facility, research facility, company, or nonprofit organization subject to this chapter may not sell or otherwise transfer genomic sequencing data of residents of this state as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or pursuant to a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.) to:

(1) a foreign adversary;

(2) a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary;

(3) a company or nonprofit organization domiciled within the borders of a country that is a foreign adversary; or

(4) an owned or controlled subsidiary or affiliate of a company or nonprofit organization domiciled within the borders of a country that is a foreign adversary.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 130), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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