Bill Text: TX SB1907 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to access to certain archaic information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1907 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1907-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to access to certain archaic information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1907 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1907-Introduced.html
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By: Wentworth | S.B. No. 1907 |
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relating to access to certain archaic information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 552.0215 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 552.0215. RIGHT OF ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION AFTER | ||
75 YEARS. (a) Except as specifically provided by other law, | ||
including another provision of this chapter, information that is | ||
not confidential but is excepted from required disclosure under | ||
Subchapter C is public information and is available to the public on | ||
or after the 75th anniversary of the date the information was | ||
originally created or received by the governmental body. | ||
(b) This section does not limit the authority of a | ||
governmental body to establish retention periods for records under | ||
applicable law. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 201.009(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Any local government record to which public access is | ||
denied under Chapter 552, Government Code, including a birth record | ||
maintained by a local registrar, is, if still in existence, open to | ||
public inspection 75 years after it was originally created or | ||
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maintained by a local registrar is, if still in existence, open to | ||
public inspection 55 years after it was originally created or | ||
received. This subsection does not limit the authority of a | ||
governing body or an elected county officer to establish retention | ||
periods for records under Section 203.042. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 159.002(d), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(d) The prohibitions of this chapter continue to apply to a | ||
confidential communication or record relating to a patient | ||
regardless of when the patient receives the services of a | ||
physician, except for medical records at least 75 [ |
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that are requested for historical research purposes. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |