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HB3233 • 2025

Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Harris
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#4017

  9. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  11. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  12. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  14. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  15. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  17. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  19. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  20. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  22. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  23. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  24. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  25. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  26. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  27. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  30. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  32. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  33. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  34. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  35. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  36. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2132

  37. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  39. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  40. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  41. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  42. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2085

  43. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  45. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  46. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  47. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  48. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  49. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  50. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  51. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  52. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  53. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  55. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  56. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  57. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  58. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Insurance

  59. 2025-02-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3233 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 3233

AN ACT

relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 4151, Insurance Code, is

amended by adding Section 4151.1531 to read as follows:

Sec.

4151.1531.

SECURITY OF PATIENT DATA. A pharmacy

benefit manager may not store or process patient data for a resident

of this state in a location outside of the United States or its

territories.

SECTION 2. Section 4151.1531, Insurance Code, as added by

this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or

after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3233 was passed by the House on May

12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 3233 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0,

1 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3233 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays

0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor