(a) In this section:
(1) “Communicable disease” has the meaning assigned by § 81.003.
(2) “Facility” means:
(A) a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242;
(B) a continuing care facility licensed under Chapter 246; and
(C) an assisted living facility licensed under Chapter 247.
(3) “Resident” means an individual, including a patient, who resides in a facility.
(b) In this chapter, protected health information does not include information that identifies:
(1) the name or location of a facility in which residents have been diagnosed with a communicable disease; or
(2) the number of residents who have been diagnosed with a communicable disease in a facility.

(c) Unless made confidential under other law, the information described by Subsection (b) is not confidential and is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.