The law will go into effect in Sept. 2012, and it will include stricter civil penalties for violations, the report said.
Other provisions in the law include an explicit ban on selling personal health information for profit, state licensing agencies conducting compliance audits and required training for staff of HIPAA covered entities on federal and state health information law.
Read the entire Texas health privacy law (pdf).
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