Section 182.151 - Definition In this subchapter, "health information exchange" means an organization that:
(1) assists in the transmission or receipt of health-related information among organizations transmitting or receiving the information according to nationally recognized standards and under an express written agreement with the organizations;(2) as a primary business function, compiles or organizes health-related information designed to be securely transmitted by the organization among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within a region, state, community, or hospital system; or(3) assists in the transmission or receipt of electronic health-related information among physicians, other health care providers, or entities within:(B) a physician organization;(C) a health care collaborative, as defined by Section 848.001, Insurance Code;(D) an accountable care organization participating in the Pioneer Model under the initiative by the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or(E) an accountable care organization participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1395jj j.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 182.151
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1085,Sec. 11, eff. 9/1/2015.