Tex. Health & Safety Code § 241.156 · Subchapter G. DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
PATIENT REMEDIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A patient aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter relating to the unauthorized release of confidential health care information may bring an action for:
(1) appropriate injunctive relief; and
(2) damages resulting from the release.
(b) An action under Subsection (a) shall be brought in:
(1) the district court of the county in which the patient resides or in the case of a deceased patient the district court of the county in which the patient's legally authorized representative resides; or
(2) if the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative in the case of a deceased patient is not a resident of this state, the district court of Travis County.
(c) A petition for injunctive relief under Subsection (a)(1) takes precedence over all civil matters on the court docket except those matters to which equal precedence on the docket is granted by law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 856, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.241.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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