Texas Labor Code

§ 21.4031 — EXCEPTIONS TO CONFIDENTIALITY

LA § 21.4031Title 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS · Part A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Ch. 21. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Art. H. DISCRIMINATORY USE OF GENETIC INFORMATION

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(a)Subject to Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, genetic information may be disclosed without an authorization required under Section 21.4032 if the disclosure is:

(1)authorized under a state or federal criminal law relating to:

(A)the identification of individuals; or

(B)a criminal or juvenile proceeding, an inquest, or a child fatality review by a multidisciplinary child-abuse team;

(2)required under a specific order of a state or federal court;

(3)for the purpose of establishing paternity as authorized under a state or federal law;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1215, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Redesignated from Labor Code Sec. 21.403(c), (d) and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 11.001(d), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.