Lynn Sessions and Cory J. Fox of Baker Hostetler write:
The Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) recently announced its selection of the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) Common Security Framework (CSF), the most widely adopted information privacy and security framework in the U.S. healthcare industry, to form the basis of the Texas Covered Entity Privacy and Security Certification Program, setting the stage for Texas to become the first state in the nation to implement a formal certification program that incorporates state and federal privacy and security regulations, including HIPAA and the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act (TMRPA).
Read more on Lexology.