Sec. 4151.153.  DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PATIENT INFORMATION PROHIBITED.  (a)  A pharmacy benefit manager may not sell a list of patients that contains information through which the identity of an individual patient is disclosed. 
(b)  A pharmacy benefit manager shall maintain all data that identifies a patient in a confidential manner that prevents disclosure to a third party unless the disclosure is otherwise authorized by law or by the patient.
(c)  This section does not prohibit:
(1)  general advertising about a specific pharmaceutical product or service;  or
(2)  the request and receipt by a person of information regarding:
(A)  a specific pharmaceutical product or service;
(B)  the person's own records or claims;  or
(C)  the person's dependent's records or claims.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.