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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 555.153: COVERT USE OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE; LIABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OR CENTER.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES
- CHAPTER 555. STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS
- SUBCHAPTER E. ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF RESIDENT'S ROOM
(a) For purposes of this subchapter, the placement and use of an electronic monitoring device in a resident's room are considered to be covert if:
(1) the placement and use of the device are not open and obvious; and
(2) the center and the department are not informed about the device by the resident, by a person who placed the device in the room, or by a person who is using the device.
(b) The department and the center may not be held to be civilly liable in connection with the covert placement or use of an electronic monitoring device in a resident's room.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 184 (S.B. 33), Sec. 2, eff. May 25, 2013.
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