RECEIPT OF INFORMATION BY PERSONS OTHER THAN CLIENT OR PATIENT
Known as the Persons with an Intellectual Disability Act
The act spans §§ 591–597 (170 sections).
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff
(a) A person who receives information that is confidential under this chapter may not disclose the information except to the extent that disclosure is consistent with the authorized purposes for which the information was obtained.
(b) This section does not apply to the person about whom the record is made, or the parent, if the person is a minor, or the guardian of the person.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.