Text of section effective on April 01, 2025
Sec. 544.0056.  EXPUNCTION OF CHILD'S CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY DIAGNOSIS IN CERTAIN RECORDS.  (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.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.