{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-503a.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 503A.004","heading":"REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN USES OF DEIDENTIFIED DATA.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or other law, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company that possesses an individual's deidentified data shall:\n(1) implement administrative and technical measures to ensure the data is not associated with a particular individual; and\n(2) publicly commit to maintaining and using data in deidentified form and refraining from making any attempt to identify an individual using the individual's deidentified data.\n(b) If a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company shares an individual's deidentified data with another person, the company shall enter into a legally enforceable contractual obligation prohibiting the person from attempting to identify an individual using the individual's deidentified data.\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.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"716332879d3eb8fbec41af40cb0b7f7b87d11b9599f63c0bf3274fe783de0f88","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-503a.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-503a.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}