Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE |
Title 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Chapter 144. DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS |
Sec. 144.006. COLLATERAL EFFECTS OF ORDER
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(a) A former mental health patient who successfully petitions for an order under this chapter and a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, that is subject to an order under this chapter may deny:
(1) the existence of any record subject to the order;
(2) the existence of the order itself;
(3) the occurrence of the former mental patient's admission to a mental health facility if the records of the admission are subject to the order; and
(4) the occurrence of any treatment related to the admission if the records of the admission are subject to the order.
(b) A former mental health patient who makes a denial under Subsection (a) or a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, that is subject to an order under this chapter and that makes a denial under Subsection (a) is not liable for a civil or criminal penalty for perjury.