{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.422","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.422","heading":"IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.","body":"(a) The Department of State Health Services or authorized agency establishing or operating a registry is not liable to any person for obtaining or disclosing identifying information about a birth parent, adoptee, or biological sibling within the scope of this subchapter and under its provisions.\n(b) An employee or agent of the Department of State Health Services or of an authorized agency establishing or operating a registry under this subchapter is not liable to any person for obtaining or disclosing identifying information about a birth parent, adoptee, or biological sibling within the scope of this subchapter and under its provisions.\n(c) A person or entity furnishing information to the administrator or an employee or agent of a registry is not liable to any person for disclosing information about a birth parent, adoptee, or biological sibling within the scope of this subchapter and under its provisions.\n(d) A person or entity is not immune from liability for performing an act prohibited by Section 162.421.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.118, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 162. ADOPTION","SUBCHAPTER E. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.422","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"64d7981ff60b08c32943b71e8e200fbf8e93be5f8f11aeaa9658e2f65c8b7dad","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.421","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}