{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-181.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 181.002","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Section 181.205, this chapter does not affect the validity of another statute of this state that provides greater confidentiality for information made confidential by this chapter.\n(b) To the extent that this chapter conflicts with another law, other than Section 58.0052, Family Code, with respect to protected health information collected by a governmental body or unit, this chapter controls.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1511, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 924, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 653 (S.B. 1106), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE I. MEDICAL RECORDS","CHAPTER 181. MEDICAL RECORDS PRIVACY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.181.htm#181.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"2b05740a6e12ba07e5dac9989f7f8eebb8e291052b28746807800f1cd1581cec","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-181.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-181.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}