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Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers, the official text

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H.B. No. 3233

AN ACT

relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 4151, Insurance Code, is

amended by adding Section 4151.1531 to read as follows:

Sec. 4151.1531. SECURITY OF PATIENT DATA. A pharmacy

benefit manager may not store or process patient data for a resident

of this state in a location outside of the United States or its

territories.

SECTION 2. Section 4151.1531, Insurance Code, as added by

this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or

after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3233 was passed by the House on May

12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 3233 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0,

1 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3233 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays

0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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Governor
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