6 Points Physicians Need to Know to Comply With Texas HB 300

[Greg Garner]

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Article Title: 6 Points Physicians Need to Know to Comply With Texas HB 300
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The Texas H.B law came into effect in September 2012 in Texas. With this new law there have been new rules and penalties applicable to the healthcare system and specially anybody who possesses or uses confidential health information. The Texas HB 300 was enforced to safeguard the privacy of patients, but like HIPAA it also had an exception for disclosing patient information to specific third parties like insurance companies, without consent from the patient.

Here are some important points that physicians need to know to comply with the Texas HB 300 law.

� All covered entities are required to provide Texas HB 300 Course to their employees within two months of them joining the organization. You are included as a �covered entity� if you come under the definition of covered entity given in Chapter 181.001 of the Texas Health Code. The Texas HB 300 Course includes training about federal and state law about private health information that is related to the organization�s business processes. The employees must undertake a review course every two years.

� If a person makes a request to a healthcare provider who uses electronic health records in his hospital, the health care provider is supposed to fulfill that request within 15 days of the receiving the written request. The law mandates that he provide the electronic health record to the person unless he convinces the person to accept another form of the record.

� In cases when a patient�s private health information is disclosed without authorization, the patient must immediately be notified.

� The covered entity receiving and responsible for a person�s private health information must notify a patient if their health information is subject to be disclosed electronically.

� According to this law, a covered entity must not conduct electronic disclosure of a patient�s health information to anyone without specific consent from the patient or his legal representative. However, this consent is not needed if the private health information is disclosed for reasons of payment, treatment, health care functions, insurance reasons, or for other reasons specified by the federal or state law, and so on.

� Failure to comply with any of these regulations of the Texas HB 300 law will lead to severe penalties including fines as high as $1.5 million dollars. Aside to this, an organization or individual licensed by the Texas Medical Board caught violating the regulation, will be subject to disciplinary actions against them after investigating the extent of their violation. The punishment could also extend to suspension or probation by the licensing board. If there is proof that the violations have become a practice, the board may even cancel the organization�s or individual�s license.

Any individual, who deals with and possesses patient health information and works in Texas, is required to comply with the Texas law HB 300. In order to avoid violations and penalties, it is essential for all healthcare employees in the state of Texas to be aware of and understand the rules and regulations of this law. Hence, the Texas HB 300 Course has been provided for employees for this very reason.


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