{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-503a.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 503A.003","heading":"EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY RIGHT IN DNA; CONFIDENTIALITY.","body":"An individual has a property right in, and retains the right to exercise exclusive control over, the individual's biological sample that is provided to or used by a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company and the results of genetic testing or analysis conducted on the individual's DNA by a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, including to the collection, use, retention, maintenance, disclosure, or destruction of the sample or results. The results of the genetic testing of an individual's DNA are confidential and may not be disclosed to another person without the individual's express consent.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 2545), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION","SUBTITLE A. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION","CHAPTER 503A. DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING COMPANIES; RIGHTS REGARDING DNA"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.503A.htm#503A.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"7e4ae119a4ba4ffc1f15c6070b8a37d078923b2b88e411004b974e8247889ce2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-503a.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-503a.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}