Sec. 531.02161. TELEMEDICINE, TELEHEALTH, AND HOME TELEMONITORING TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS

(a) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1205, Sec. 10(1), eff. September 1, 2011.

(b) The commission and the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board by joint rule shall establish and adopt minimum standards for an operating system used in the provision of telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, or home telemonitoring services by a health care facility participating in the state Medicaid program, including standards for electronic transmission, software, and hardware.

(c) In developing standards under this section, the commission and the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board shall address:

(1) authentication and authorization of users;

(2) authentication of the origin of information;

(3) the prevention of unauthorized access to the system or information;

(4) system security, including the integrity of information that is collected, program integrity, and system integrity;

(5) maintenance of documentation about system and information usage;

(6) information storage, maintenance, and transmission; and

(7) synchronization and verification of patient profile data.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1255, Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1205 , Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1205 , Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1205 , Sec. 10(1), eff. September 1, 2011.