Hunton Andrews Kurth writes:
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed into law S.B. 1188, a bill that regulates the security and storage of electronic health record data and the deployment of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the health care context. The law creates a data localization requirement, obligating covered entities to physically maintain electronic health records in the United States. In addition, the law permits health care practitioners to use AI for diagnostic purposes in connection with electronic health records only in accordance with specified requirements. The law also introduces a definition of “biological sex” and sets forth rules governing when an individual’s biological sex as recorded in an electronic health record may be amended. Further, the law addresses parents’ access to minors’ electronic health records, the facilitation of communication between covered entities, and restrictions on covered entities’ access to certain types of electronic health record information.
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