{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-595.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 595.009","heading":"RECEIPT OF INFORMATION BY PERSONS OTHER THAN CLIENT OR PATIENT.","body":"(a) A person who receives information that is confidential under this chapter may not disclose the information except to the extent that disclosure is consistent with the authorized purposes for which the information was obtained.\n(b) This section does not apply to the person about whom the record is made, or the parent, if the person is a minor, or the guardian of the person.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT","CHAPTER 595. RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.595.htm#595.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9c378f0f6e2e63df0cdcbdc9bc600f6b2e6513074d1b2a174f48377c3bb1048a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-595.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-595.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}