Tex. Human Resources Code § 243.006

This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 243.006, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.

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§ 243.006. COMMITMENT RECORDS.

Official statutory text

A commitment to the department may not be received in evidence or used in any way in any proceedings in any court except in:

(1) subsequent proceedings under Title 3 of the Family Code against the same child;

(2) imposing sentence in any criminal proceedings against the same person; or

(3) subsequent civil commitment proceedings under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, regarding the same person.

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