Bill Text: TX SB1877 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the development and maintenance by each state agency of a data use agreement for the state agency's employees and to training related to that agreement.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB1877 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1877-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1877 | ||
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| relating to the development and maintenance by each state agency of | ||
| a data use agreement for the state agency's employees and to | ||
| training related to that agreement. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2054.134 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2054.134. DATA USE AGREEMENT. (a) Each state agency | ||
| shall develop a data use agreement for use by the agency that meets | ||
| the particular needs of the agency and is consistent with rules | ||
| adopted by the department that relate to information security | ||
| standards for state agencies. | ||
| (b) A state agency shall update the data use agreement at | ||
| least biennially, but may update the agreement at any time as | ||
| necessary to accommodate best practices in data management. | ||
| (c) A state agency shall distribute the data use agreement | ||
| developed under this section, and each update to that agreement, to | ||
| employees of the agency who handle sensitive information, including | ||
| financial, medical, personnel, or student data. The employee shall | ||
| sign the data use agreement distributed and each update to the | ||
| agreement. | ||
| (d) To the extent possible, a state agency shall provide | ||
| employees described by Subsection (c) with cybersecurity awareness | ||
| training to coincide with the distribution of: | ||
| (1) the data use agreement required under this | ||
| section; and | ||
| (2) each biennial update to that agreement. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1877 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2015, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1877 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | ||
| Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
