Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
Subtitle D. PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION ACT |
Chapter 595. RECORDS |
Sec. 595.004. RIGHT TO PERSONAL RECORD
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(a) The content of a confidential record shall be made available on the request of the person about whom the record was made unless:
(1) the person is a client; and
(2) the qualified professional responsible for supervising the client's habilitation states in a signed written statement that having access to the record is not in the client's best interest.
(b) The parent of a minor or the guardian of the person shall be given access to the contents of any record about the minor or person.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.