Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 58.303 · Subchapter G. SEALING OF MEDICAL RECORDS OF CERTAIN CHILD VICTIMS
ACCESS TO SEALED MEDICAL RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Medical records sealed under this subchapter are not open for inspection by any person except:
(1) on further order of the court after:
(A) notice to a parent or guardian of the victim whose information is sealed or, if the victim is no longer a child, notice to the victim; and
(B) a finding of good cause;
(2) in connection with a criminal or civil proceeding as otherwise provided by law; or
(3) on request of a parent or legal guardian of the victim whose information is sealed or, if the victim is no longer a child, on request of the victim.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.07, eff. January 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.58.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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