{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.852","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.852","heading":"CRIMINAL OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person who intentionally hampers, obstructs, tampers with, or destroys an electronic monitoring device installed in a resident's room in accordance with this subchapter or a tape or recording made by the device commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\n(b) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) that the person took the action with the effective consent of the resident on whose behalf the electronic monitoring device was installed or the resident's guardian or legal representative.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1224, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS","SUBCHAPTER R. ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF RESIDENT'S ROOM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.242.htm#242.852","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a0589af1af7528f1e1b521058f6d3e9f76d4e057edf9144e4cd49de7df2cb514","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.851","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}