Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 144.006
Collateral Effects of Order

(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.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source: Section 144.006 — Collateral Effects of Order, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.­144.­htm#144.­006 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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