Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 144.006 · Chapter 144. DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS
COLLATERAL EFFECTS OF ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A former mental health patient who successfully petitions for an order under this chapter and a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, that is subject to an order under this chapter may deny:
(1) the existence of any record subject to the order;
(2) the existence of the order itself;
(3) the occurrence of the former mental patient's admission to a mental health facility if the records of the admission are subject to the order; and
(4) the occurrence of any treatment related to the admission if the records of the admission are subject to the order.
(b) A former mental health patient who makes a denial under Subsection (a) or a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, that is subject to an order under this chapter and that makes a denial under Subsection (a) is not liable for a civil or criminal penalty for perjury.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.144.htm
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