Sec. 181.153. SALE OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS. (a) A covered entity may not disclose an individual's protected health information to any other person in exchange for direct or indirect remuneration, except that a covered entity may disclose an individual's protected health information: (1) to another covered entity, as that term is defined by Section 181.001 , or to a covered entity, as that term is defined by Section 602.001 , Insurance Code, for the purpose of: (A) treatment; (B) payment; (C) health care operations; or (D) performing an insurance or health maintenance organization function described by Section 602.053 , Insurance Code; or (2) as otherwise authorized or required by state or federal law. (b) The direct or indirect remuneration a covered entity receives for making a disclosure of protected health information authorized by Subsection (a)(1)(D) may not exceed the covered entity's reasonable costs of preparing or transmitting the protected health information.
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