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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 544.0056. Expunction of Child's Chemical Dependency Diagnosis in Certain Records

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this section:

(1) “Chemical dependency” has the meaning assigned by Section 461A.002, Health and Safety Code.

(2) “Child” means an individual who is 13 years of age or younger.

(b) After a chemical dependency treatment provider is finally convicted of an offense in which an element of the offense involves submitting a fraudulent claim for reimbursement for services under Medicaid, the commission or other health and human services agency that operates a portion of Medicaid shall expunge or provide for the expunction of a child's diagnosis of chemical dependency that the provider made and that has been entered in any:

(1) appropriate official record of the commission or agency;

(2) applicable medical record that is in the commission's or agency's custody; and

(3) applicable record of a company with which the commission contracts for processing and paying Medicaid claims. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.112.)

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