{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-544.0056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 544.0056","heading":"EXPUNCTION OF CHILD'S CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY DIAGNOSIS IN CERTAIN RECORDS.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Chemical dependency\" has the meaning assigned by Section 461A.002, Health and Safety Code.\n(2) \"Child\" means an individual who is 13 years of age or younger.\n(b) After a chemical dependency treatment provider is finally convicted of an offense in which an element of the offense involves submitting a fraudulent claim for reimbursement for services under Medicaid, the commission or other health and human services agency that operates a portion of Medicaid shall expunge or provide for the expunction of a child's diagnosis of chemical dependency that the provider made and that has been entered in any:\n(1) appropriate official record of the commission or agency;\n(2) applicable medical record that is in the commission's or agency's custody; and\n(3) applicable record of a company with which the commission contracts for processing and paying Medicaid claims.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 544. FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, AND OVERCHARGES RELATING TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.544.htm#544.0056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e2f28a8272905baf17e06bb9f48ceabfdd1e3e802eb6008a8eb0624bbb2cd197","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-544.0055","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-544.0101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}