{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-144.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 144.006","heading":"COLLATERAL EFFECTS OF ORDER.","body":"(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:\n(1) the existence of any record subject to the order;\n(2) the existence of the order itself;\n(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\n(4) the occurrence of any treatment related to the admission if the records of the admission are subject to the order.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 144. DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.144.htm#144.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"136d251a5392d9052a421cb345d37fd48a39fdf35edd05eb174d0b90180b6b67","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-144.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-144.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}