{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.2035","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 651.2035","heading":"CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMPLAINT INFORMATION.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a complaint and investigation and all information and materials compiled by the commission in connection with the complaint and investigation are not subject to:\n(1) disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code; or\n(2) disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for release of information to any person.\n(b) A complaint or investigation subject to Subsection (a) and all information and materials compiled by the commission in connection with the complaint may be disclosed to:\n(1) the commission and commission employees or agents involved in license holder discipline;\n(2) a party to a disciplinary action against the license holder or that party's designated representative;\n(3) a law enforcement agency; or\n(4) a governmental agency, if the disclosure is required or permitted by law.\n(c) The commission is not required under Subsection (b) to release the identity of a complainant who will not testify at the hearing.\n(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), on the dismissal or final resolution of a complaint or investigation, a final order of the commission is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE L. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","CHAPTER 651. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","SUBCHAPTER E. PUBLIC INTEREST AND COMPLAINT INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm#651.2035","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"cce4261abd8297bc1c91532e39254d1167e4e721c960d34bfc1e4239677e4948","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}