Tex. Health & Safety Code § 611.002 · Chapter 611. MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION AND PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCLOSURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Communications between a patient and a professional, and records of the identity, diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a patient that are created or maintained by a professional, are confidential.
(b) Confidential communications or records may not be disclosed except as provided by Section 611.004, 611.0041, or 611.0045.
(b-1) No exception to the privilege of confidentiality under Section 611.004 may be construed to create an independent duty or requirement to disclose the confidential information to which the exception applies.
(c) This section applies regardless of when the patient received services from a professional.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.11, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 633 (H.B. 549), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.611.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 611.004AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OTHER THAN IN JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING.Printed as Section 611.004 | Section 611.004, 611.0041, or 611.0045
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 611.0041REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OTHER THAN IN JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING.Printed as Section 611.004, 611.0041, or 611.0045
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 611.0045RIGHT TO MENTAL HEALTH RECORD.Printed as Section 611.004, 611.0041, or 611.0045
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