{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-162.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 162.006","heading":"DISCLOSURE TO OTHER BLOOD BANKS.","body":"(a) A blood bank may report to other blood banks the name of a donor with a possible communicable disease according to positive blood test results.\n(b) A blood bank that reports a donor's name to other blood banks under this section may not disclose the communicable disease that the donor has or is suspected of having.\n(c) A blood bank that reports as provided by this section does not breach a confidence arising out of any confidential relationship.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0489, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 162. BLOOD BANKS AND DONATION OF BLOOD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.162.htm#162.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5a80b7d8c71c493cb766442ce246d1c1a55f4781f4f564bdb214e7c2e5ba6759","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-162.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-162.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}