Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 144.006
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 144.006, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 144.006. COLLATERAL EFFECTS OF ORDER.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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