{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.093","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.093","heading":"EX PARTE CONTACTS PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department and the facility may not communicate with an arbitrator other than at an oral hearing unless the parties and the arbitrator agree otherwise.\n(b) Any oral or written communication, other than a communication authorized under Subsection (a), from the parties to an arbitrator shall be directed to the association that is conducting the arbitration or, if there is no association conducting the arbitration, to the State Office of Administrative Hearings for transmittal to the arbitrator.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 218 (H.B. 33), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 247. ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER E. ARBITRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.247.htm#247.093","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a7f3f7a49b4f097eb70ad7b8ccf3012b5361558cbd71f73fe04650c7b3a715d2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.092","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-247.094"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}