Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 81.007 · Chapter 81. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDER
LIMITED IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who, in good faith, makes a report required by Section 81.006 is immune from civil or criminal liability resulting from the filing of that report.
(b) Reporting under this chapter is presumed to be done in good faith.
(c) The immunity provided by this section does not apply to liability resulting from sexual exploitation by a mental health services provider of a patient or former patient.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.81.htm
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