HIPAA policies for solo therapists in Texas

What federal law requires of every Texas practice

The HIPAA Security Rule (45 CFR § 164.316) requires written policies covering ten domains: designated privacy and security officials, risk analysis, workforce sanctions, access management, audit controls, contingency planning, breach notification, business associate agreements, workforce training, and device and media security. Policies must be retained for six years, carry effective dates, and be updated when your practice or the rules change.

What Texas adds

Texas HB 300 goes beyond HIPAA: it covers more entities, requires employee privacy training within 90 days of hire (and every two years after), and carries its own state penalties. Texas practices need training and policy language that reflects HB 300, not HIPAA alone.

The practical standard: adopted, dated, versioned

Regulators don't ask whether you own policy documents — they ask for the policy in effect on a given date, with its adoption record and revision history. A static template pack can't answer that. A policy set with attestations, effective dates, and version history can.