Sec. 531.112. EXPUNCTION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO CERTAIN CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY DIAGNOSES 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 a person 13 years of age or younger.
(b) Following the final conviction of a chemical dependency treatment provider for an offense, an element of which 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 diagnosis of chemical dependency in a child that has been made by the treatment provider and 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 that the commission contracts with for the processing and payment of claims under Medicaid.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1081, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.149, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.150, eff. April 2, 2015.
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