{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.316","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 261.316","heading":"EXEMPTION FROM FEES FOR MEDICAL RECORDS.","body":"The department is exempt from the payment of a fee otherwise required or authorized by law to obtain a medical record from a hospital or health care provider if the request for a record is made in the course of an investigation by the department.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 575, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 261.315 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(27), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD","CHAPTER 261. INVESTIGATION OF REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT","SUBCHAPTER D. INVESTIGATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.261.htm#261.316","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"26025750b9a25f560347cdaaeb8e858a2d88e94dd3b483402e63c22eeb1e2270","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.315","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}