Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 144.001 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 144.001Title 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · Ch. 144. DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Former mental health patient" means an individual who:

(A)between January 1, 1986, and December 31, 1993, was admitted to a mental health facility that has pled guilty, or whose parent or affiliate corporation has so pled, to unlawfully conspiring to offer and pay remuneration to any person to induce that person to refer individuals for services to a mental health facility; and

(B)has been released from that mental health facility; but

(C)was not admitted to the facility on the basis of a court proceeding that included a commitment hearing that was on the record.

(2)"Record" means a medical record:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.