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      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