Tex. Health & Safety Code § 595.009 · Chapter 595. RECORDS
RECEIPT OF INFORMATION BY PERSONS OTHER THAN CLIENT OR PATIENT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who receives information that is confidential under this chapter may not disclose the information except to the extent that disclosure is consistent with the authorized purposes for which the information was obtained.
(b) This section does not apply to the person about whom the record is made, or the parent, if the person is a minor, or the guardian of the person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.595.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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