Tex. Gov't Code § 544.0056 · Subchapter B. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
EXPUNCTION OF CHILD'S CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY DIAGNOSIS IN CERTAIN RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Chemical dependency" has the meaning assigned by Section 461A.002, Health and Safety Code.
(2) "Child" means an individual who is 13 years of age or younger.
(b) After a chemical dependency treatment provider is finally convicted of an offense in which an element of the offense involves submitting a fraudulent claim for reimbursement for services under Medicaid, the commission or other health and human services agency that operates a portion of Medicaid shall expunge or provide for the expunction of a child's diagnosis of chemical dependency that the provider made and that has been entered in any:
(1) appropriate official record of the commission or agency;
(2) applicable medical record that is in the commission's or agency's custody; and
(3) applicable record of a company with which the commission contracts for processing and paying Medicaid claims.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.544.htm
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