Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.045 · Subchapter B. LICENSING, FEES, AND INSPECTIONS
DISCLOSURE OF UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as expressly provided by this chapter, a person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly discloses to an unauthorized person the date, time, or any other fact about an unannounced inspection of an institution before the inspection occurs.
(b) In this section, "unauthorized person" does not include:
(1) the department;
(2) the office of the attorney general;
(3) a statewide organization for the elderly, including the AARP and the Texas Senior Citizen Association;
(4) an ombudsman or representative of the department;
(5) a representative of an agency or organization when a Medicare or Medicaid survey is made concurrently with a licensing inspection; or
(6) any other person or entity authorized by law to make an inspection or to accompany an inspector.
(c) An offense under this section is a third degree felony.
(d) A person convicted under this section is not eligible for state employment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1159, Sec. 1.11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0610, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.242.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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