{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4151.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.153","heading":"DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PATIENT INFORMATION PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A pharmacy benefit manager may not sell a list of patients that contains information through which the identity of an individual patient is disclosed.\n(b) A pharmacy benefit manager shall maintain all data that identifies a patient in a confidential manner that prevents disclosure to a third party unless the disclosure is otherwise authorized by law or by the patient.\n(c) This section does not prohibit:\n(1) general advertising about a specific pharmaceutical product or service; or\n(2) the request and receipt by a person of information regarding:\n(A) a specific pharmaceutical product or service;\n(B) the person's own records or claims; or\n(C) the person's dependent's records or claims.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 13. REGULATION OF PROFESSIONALS","SUBTITLE D. OTHER PROFESSIONALS","CHAPTER 4151. THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATORS","SUBCHAPTER D. PHARMACY BENEFIT PLANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4151.htm#4151.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"0a15a4d2ae1168d648ac5ce4f460b69fcd691ad69ae3c3f3278f1bbcd5d2ea78","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4151.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4151.1531"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}