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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 841.147

IMMUNITY

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Clarence Brown v. Allison Taylor (2017)

Most recently applied in 709 F. App'x 283 - Michael Bohannan v. Wesley Griffin (January 2018)

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 4.01, eff

(a) The following persons are immune from liability for good faith conduct under this chapter:

(1) an employee or officer of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the office;

(2) a member of the multidisciplinary team established under Section 841.022;

(3) the applicable attorney representing the state and an employee of the attorney; and

(4) a person providing, or contracting, appointed, or volunteering to perform, a service under this chapter, at the request of the office.

(b) A court shall immediately dismiss any action asserting a claim against a person described by Subsection (a) that arose from the person's good faith conduct.

(c) This section does not affect a defense, immunity, or jurisdictional bar available to a person described by Subsection (a).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.