Section 503A.004 - Requirements For Certain Uses Of Deidentified Data(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or other law, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company that possesses an individual's deidentified data shall: (1) implement administrative and technical measures to ensure the data is not associated with a particular individual; and (2) publicly commit to maintaining and using data in deidentified form and refraining from making any attempt to identify an individual using the individual's deidentified data. (b) If a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company shares an individual's deidentified data with another person, the company shall enter into a legally enforceable contractual obligation prohibiting the person from attempting to identify an individual using the individual's deidentified data. Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 503A.004
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 912,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.