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Genetic Data and the Texas Genomic Act

What Texas law requires for genetic data: the Genomic Act's foreign-adversary rules, storage and transfer duties, certification, and private right.

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Scope

Collection, testing, research reuse, familial effects, insurance or employment uses, vendors, security, and permissions, using cited Texas statutory text for each context and distinguishing clinical, direct-to-consumer, employment, and broker uses. Texas relevance: the Texas Genomic Act (HB 130) layers foreign-adversary restrictions, storage and transfer rules, and a private right onto genetic data, with the 23andMe bankruptcy as the live information-asset scenario.

Section outline

  1. Deck: "What Texas law requires for genetic data: the Genomic Act's foreign-adversary rules, storage and transfer duties, certification, and private right."
  2. Short answer: scope, key duties, certification, private right, context distinctions.
  3. Section: Collection, Testing, and Research Reuse.
  4. Section: Familial Effects.
  5. Section: Clinical Versus Direct-to-Consumer Versus Employment Versus Broker Uses.
  6. Section: Insurance and Employment Uses.
  7. Section: The Texas Genomic Act (HB 130): Scope.
  8. Section: Foreign-Adversary Sequencing and Software.
  9. Section: Texas Genomic Data and Foreign Suppliers.
  10. Section: Genomic-Data Storage, Security, and Transfers.
  11. Section: Bankruptcy-Sale Restrictions.
  12. Section: Annual Attorney-Submitted December 31 Certification (section 174.008).
  13. Section: The Section 174.011 Private Right.
  14. Section: Vendors and Security.
  15. Section: The 23andMe Bankruptcy as Information-Asset and Consent Scenario.
  16. What Is Unsettled: foreign-adversary scope and certification-practice questions.
  17. Sources.
  18. Related reading: LG14 (sensitive data and biometrics), LG09 (litigation and private rights).

Assigned content modules

  • G52: Genetic Data and Consumer Testing
  • G90: Texas Genomic Data and Foreign Suppliers

Required research sections

  • Texas Genomic Act HB 130: foreign-adversary sequencing and software (what it covers; CG06 required coverage: data localization/adversaries)
  • Genomic-data storage, security, and transfers (what it covers)
  • Bankruptcy-sale restrictions (what it covers; CG07 required coverage: genetic data/23andMe)
  • Annual attorney-submitted December 31 certification under section 174.008 (what it covers)
  • The section 174.011 private right (what it covers)
  • The 23andMe bankruptcy as information-asset and consent scenario (what it covers; CG07)
  • Collection, testing, research reuse, familial effects (what each covers)
  • Insurance and employment uses (what it covers)
  • Vendors and security (what it covers)
  • Clinical, direct-to-consumer, employment, and broker uses distinguished (what it covers)
  • Texas genomic data and foreign suppliers (what it covers)

Research anchors and owner works

Anchors: L01, L05, L07, L09, L10, L20. Owner works: A01 (dependency; content to be supplied by owner, not invented)

Owner works: A01 (dependency; content to be supplied by owner, not invented).

Sister-site crossover

none assigned by Appendix F for this guide. Crossover seed original. If the drafting pass implies a 23andMe or biometrics AI companion, mark source-needed: do not link until verified.

Industry: Health
Track: Compliance

Related reading

  • sensitive data and biometrics