Tex. Health & Safety Code § 591.022 · Subchapter C. PENALTIES AND REMEDIES
CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who intentionally violates the rights guaranteed by this subtitle to a person with an intellectual disability is liable to the person injured by the violation in an amount of not less than $100 or more than $5,000.
(b) A person who recklessly violates the rights guaranteed by this subtitle to a person with an intellectual disability is liable to the person injured by the violation in an amount of not less than $100 or more than $1,000.
(c) A person who intentionally releases confidential information or records of a person with an intellectual disability in violation of law is liable to the person injured by the unlawful disclosure for $1,000 or three times the actual damages, whichever is greater.
(d) A cause of action under this section may be filed by:
(1) the injured person;
(2) the injured person's parent, if the person is a minor;
(3) a guardian, if the person has been adjudicated incompetent; or
(4) the injured person's next friend in accordance with Rule 44, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
(e) The cause of action may be filed in a district court in Travis County or in the county in which the defendant resides.
(f) This section does not supersede or abrogate other remedies existing in law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1407, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.591.htm
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