Collateral Effects of Order

Sec. 144.006. COLLATERAL EFFECTS OF ORDER. (a) A former mental health patient who successfully petitions for an order under this chapter and a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, that is subject to an order under this chapter may deny: (1) the existence of any record subject to the order; (2) the existence of the order itself; (3) the occurrence of the former mental patient's admission to a mental health facility if the records of the admission are subject to the order; and (4) the occurrence of any treatment related to the admission if the records of the admission are subject to the order. (b) A former mental health patient who makes a denial under Subsection (a) or a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, that is subject to an order under this chapter and that makes a denial under Subsection (a) is not liable for a civil or criminal penalty for perjury. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.