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TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 144.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 144 - Destruction of Certain Records|Section 144.006. Collateral Effects of Order

Sec. 144.006.  COLLATERAL EFFECTS OF ORDER.  (a)  A former mental health patient who successfully petitions for an order under this chapter and a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, that is subject to an order under this chapter may deny:(1)  the existence of any record subject to the order;(2)  the existence of the order itself;(3)  the occurrence of the former mental patient's admission to a mental health facility if the records of the admission are subject to the order;  and(4)  the occurrence of any treatment related to the admission if the records of the admission are subject to the order.(b)  A former mental health patient who makes a denial under Subsection (a) or a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, that is subject to an order under this chapter and that makes a denial under Subsection (a) is not liable for a civil or criminal penalty for perjury.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 144.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 144 - Destruction of Certain Records|Section 144.007. Limitation on Certain Lawsuits

Sec. 144.007.  LIMITATION ON CERTAIN LAWSUITS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a former mental patient who successfully petitions a court for an order under this chapter or a person acting on the former mental patient's behalf may not file an action against a facility or health care provider, or the owner, operator, parent, or affiliate of a facility or health care provider, related to an event or activity that formed the basis of a record subject to the court's order.(b)  A juvenile former mental health patient whose records have been sealed under this chapter may file an action or complaint at any time before the records have been destroyed under Section 144.002(c).(c)  A finding made under this chapter is not admissible against any party in litigation to establish liability for damages, expenses, or other relief as an alleged result of any treatment or admission.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 144.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 144 - Destruction of Certain Records|Section 144.008. Disclosure of Information Subject to Order; Penalty

Sec. 144.008.  DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION SUBJECT TO ORDER;  PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:(1)  knows of a former mental patient's admission to a mental health facility;(2)  knows of a court order issued under this chapter that relates to that admission;  and(3)  intentionally releases, disseminates, or publishes a record or index reference subject to that order.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person:(1)  knowingly fails to delete, seal, destroy, or present to the court a record or index reference subject to an order issued under this chapter;  and(2)  knows or should know that the record or index reference is subject to that order.(c)  An offense under this chapter is a Class B misdemeanor.(d)  This chapter does not prohibit an attorney or insurer of a provider or patient from retaining or communicating confidentially about a privileged document as necessary to provide legal advice regarding an actual or potential claim or issue.  The document or communication remains privileged and not subject to a subpoena.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 144.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 144 - Destruction of Certain Records|Section 144.009. Applicability of Other Law

Sec. 144.009.  APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.  This chapter supersedes other state law regarding the retention or destruction of patient records.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 145.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 145 - Liability for Negligent Hiring by In-Home Service Companies and Residential Delivery Companies|Section 145.001. Definitions

Sec. 145.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "In-home service company" means a person who employs a person to enter another person's residence and for a fee repair:(A)  an appliance;(B)  the residence's heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation system;(C)  the residence's plumbing system;  or(D)  the residence's electrical system.(1-a)  "Residence" means a person's principal or ordinary home or dwelling place and includes:(A)  any garage that is attached to the home or dwelling place; and(B)  any construction area that is attached to and accessible from the inhabited area or the attached garage of the home or dwelling place.(2)  "Residential delivery company" means a person who employs a person to, for a fee:(A)  deliver an item to another person's residence;  and(B)  enter the residence to place, assemble, or install the item.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 145.0015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 145 - Liability for Negligent Hiring by In-Home Service Companies and Residential Delivery Companies|Section 145.0015. Short Title

Sec. 145.0015.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Sue Weaver Act.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 145.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 145 - Liability for Negligent Hiring by In-Home Service Companies and Residential Delivery Companies|Section 145.002. Criminal History Background Check

Sec. 145.002.  CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK.  Before associating with or hiring an officer, employee, or prospective employee in a position whose duties include entry into another person's residence, an in-home service company or residential delivery company shall:(1)  obtain from the Department of Public Safety or a private vendor all criminal history record information relating to an officer, employee, or prospective employee; or(2)  ascertain that the person holds in good standing an occupational license issued by a licensing authority in this state that has, before issuing or renewing the license, performed a criminal history background check.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 145.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 145 - Liability for Negligent Hiring by In-Home Service Companies and Residential Delivery Companies|Section 145.003. Presumption of No Negligence

Sec. 145.003.  PRESUMPTION OF NO NEGLIGENCE.  (a)  This section applies only to an action against an in-home service company or residential delivery company that:(1)  arises out of a criminal act or omission by an officer or employee of the company as to whom the company has obtained criminal history record information under Section 145.002(1);(2)  is brought by or on behalf of a person whose home the officer or employee entered while in the performance of the employee's job duties, without regard to where the criminal act or omission occurred; and(3)  seeks damages from the company for the negligent hiring of the officer or employee.(b)  In an action to which this section applies, an in-home service company or residential delivery company is rebuttably presumed to have not acted negligently if:(1)  at the time a person was hired, the company obtained criminal history record information regarding the officer or employee under Section 145.002(1); and(2)  the criminal history record information shows that, in the 20 years preceding the date the information was obtained for a felony or in the 10 years preceding the date the information was obtained for a Class A or Class B misdemeanor, the officer or employee had not been convicted of, or placed on deferred adjudication for:(A)  an offense in this state classified as:(i)  an offense against the person or the family;(ii)  an offense against property; or(iii)  public indecency; or(B)  an offense in another jurisdiction that would be classified in a category described by Paragraph (A) if the offense had occurred in this state.(c)  A residential delivery company or an in-home service company that sends two or more employees together into a residence shall be deemed to have complied with the requirement in Section 145.002 as long as at least one of those employees has been checked as described in Section 145.002 and, while they are in the residence, that employee accompanies and directly supervises any employee who has not been checked, and the residential delivery company or in-home service company maintains a record of the identity of any such nonchecked employee for at least two years.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 145.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 145 - Liability for Negligent Hiring by In-Home Service Companies and Residential Delivery Companies|Section 145.004. Presumption of No Negligence for Persons Utilizing a Residential Delivery Company or In-Home Service Company

Sec. 145.004.  PRESUMPTION OF NO NEGLIGENCE FOR PERSONS UTILIZING A RESIDENTIAL DELIVERY COMPANY OR IN-HOME SERVICE COMPANY.  A person who contracts with a residential delivery company to deliver an item or who contracts with an in-home service company to place, assemble, repair, or install an item referred to in Section 145.001(1), is rebuttably presumed to have not acted negligently in doing so if:(1)  the residential delivery company or in-home service company is in compliance with Section 145.003(b);  or(2)  the person who contracts with the residential delivery company or in-home service company requests that the company obtain a criminal history background check described by Section 145.002 on any employee of the company being sent to deliver, place, assemble, repair, or install an item and the person's request is in writing and is delivered to the company prior to the company's employee being sent.  A copy of any such request shall be maintained for at least two years.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 146.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 146 - Certain Claims by Health Care Service Providers Barred|Section 146.001. Definitions

Sec. 146.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Health benefit plan" means a plan or arrangement under which medical or surgical expenses are paid for or reimbursed or health care services are arranged for or provided.  The term includes:(A)  an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service contract;(B)  an evidence of coverage or group subscriber contract issued by a health maintenance organization or an approved nonprofit health corporation;(C)  a benefit plan provided by a multiple employer welfare arrangement or another analogous benefit arrangement;(D)  a workers' compensation insurance policy;  or(E)  a motor vehicle insurance policy, to the extent the policy provides personal injury protection or medical payments coverage.(2)  "Health care service provider" means a person who, under a license or other grant of authority issued by this state, provides health care services the costs of which may be paid for or reimbursed under a health benefit plan.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 146.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 146 - Certain Claims by Health Care Service Providers Barred|Section 146.002. Timely Billing Required

Sec. 146.002.  TIMELY BILLING REQUIRED.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a health care service provider shall bill a patient or other responsible person for services provided to the patient not later than the first day of the 11th month after the date the services are provided.(b)  If the health care service provider is required or authorized to directly bill the issuer of a health benefit plan for services provided to a patient, the health care service provider shall bill the issuer of the plan not later than:(1)  the date required under any contract between the health care service provider and the issuer of the health benefit plan;  or(2)  if there is no contract between the health care service provider and the issuer of the health benefit plan, the first day of the 11th month after the date the services are provided.(c)  If the health care service provider is required or authorized to directly bill a third party payor operating under federal or state law, including Medicare and the state Medicaid program, the health care service provider shall bill the third party payor not later than:(1)  the date required under any contract between the health care service provider and the third party payor or the date required by federal regulation or state rule, as applicable;  or(2)  if there is no contract between the health care service provider and the third party payor and there is no applicable federal regulation or state rule, the first day of the 11th month after the date the services are provided.(d)  For purposes of this section, the date of billing is the date on which the health care service provider's bill is:(1)  mailed to the patient or responsible person, postage prepaid, at the address of the patient or responsible person as shown on the health care service provider's records;  or(2)  mailed or otherwise submitted to the issuer of the health benefit plan or third party payor as required by the health benefit plan or third party payor.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 146.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 146 - Certain Claims by Health Care Service Providers Barred|Section 146.003. Certain Claims Barred

Sec. 146.003.  CERTAIN CLAIMS BARRED.  (a)  A health care service provider who violates Section 146.002 may not recover from the patient any amount that the patient would have been entitled to receive as payment or reimbursement under a health benefit plan or that the patient would not otherwise have been obligated to pay had the provider complied with Section 146.002.(b)  If recovery from a patient is barred under this section, the health care service provider may not recover from any other individual who, because of a family or other personal relationship with the patient, would otherwise be responsible for the debt.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 146.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 146 - Certain Claims by Health Care Service Providers Barred|Section 146.004. Disciplinary Action Not Authorized

Sec. 146.004.  DISCIPLINARY ACTION NOT AUTHORIZED.  A health care service provider who violates this chapter is not subject to disciplinary action for the violation under any other law, including the law under which the health care service provider is licensed or otherwise holds a grant of authority.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 148.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 148 - Liability During Pandemic Emergency|Section 148.001. Definitions

Sec. 148.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Pandemic disease" has the meaning assigned by Section 74.155.(2)  "Pandemic emergency" means a state of disaster declared by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, in response to a pandemic disease.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 528 (S.B. 6), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 148.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 148 - Liability During Pandemic Emergency|Section 148.004. Liability of Educational Institutions for Certain Actions During Pandemic Emergency

Sec. 148.004.  LIABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS DURING PANDEMIC EMERGENCY.  (a)  In this section, "educational institution" means an institution or program that facilitates learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, or habits.  The term includes:(1)  a public or private preschool, child-care facility, primary or secondary school, college, or university;(2)  an institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; and(3)  a private or independent institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.(b)  An educational institution is not liable for damages or equitable monetary relief arising from a cancellation or modification of a course, program, or activity of the institution if the cancellation or modification arose during a pandemic emergency and was caused, in whole or in part, by the emergency.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 528 (S.B. 6), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 148.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 148 - Liability During Pandemic Emergency|Section 148.005. No Civil Cause of Action

Sec. 148.005.  NO CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION.  This chapter does not create a civil cause of action.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 528 (S.B. 6), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 149.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 149 - Limitations in Civil Actions of Liabilities Relating to Certain Mergers or Consolidations|Section 149.001. Definitions

Sec. 149.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Asbestos claim" means any claim, wherever or whenever made, for damages, losses, indemnification, contribution, or other relief arising out of, based on, or in any way related to asbestos, including:(A)  property damage caused by the installation, presence, or removal of asbestos;(B)  the health effects of exposure to asbestos, including any claim for:(i)  personal injury or death;(ii)  mental or emotional injury;(iii)  risk of disease or other injury;  or(iv)  the costs of medical monitoring or surveillance;  and(C)  any claim made by or on behalf of any person exposed to asbestos, or a representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of the person.(2)  "Corporation" means a corporation for profit, including:(A)  a domestic corporation organized under the laws of this state;  or(B)  a foreign corporation organized under laws other than the laws of this state.(3)  "Successor asbestos-related liabilities" means any liabilities, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due, that are related in any way to asbestos claims that were assumed or incurred by a corporation as a result of or in connection with a merger or consolidation, or the plan of merger or consolidation related to the merger or consolidation, with or into another corporation or that are related in any way to asbestos claims based on the exercise of control or the ownership of stock of the corporation before the merger or consolidation.  The term includes liabilities that, after the time of the merger or consolidation for which the fair market value of total gross assets is determined under Section 149.004, were or are paid or otherwise discharged, or committed to be paid or otherwise discharged, by or on behalf of the corporation, or by a successor of the corporation, or by or on behalf of a transferor, in connection with settlements, judgments, or other discharges in this state or another jurisdiction.(4)  "Successor" means a corporation that assumes or incurs, or has assumed or incurred, successor asbestos-related liabilities.(5)  "Transferor" means a corporation from which successor asbestos-related liabilities are or were assumed or incurred.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 17.01, eff. June 11, 2003.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 149.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 149 - Limitations in Civil Actions of Liabilities Relating to Certain Mergers or Consolidations|Section 149.002. Applicability

Sec. 149.002.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  The limitations in Section 149.003 shall apply to a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation that has had a certificate of authority to transact business in this state or has done business in this state and that is a successor which became a successor prior to May 13, 1968, or which is any of that successor corporation's successors, but in the latter case only to the extent of the limitation of liability applied under Section 149.003(b) and subject also to the limitations found in this chapter, including those in Subsection (b).(b)  The limitations in Section 149.003 shall not apply to:(1)  workers' compensation benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act, Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code, or a comparable workers' compensation law of another jurisdiction;(2)  any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos-related liability;(3)  an insurance corporation, as that term is used in the Insurance Code;(4)  any obligations under the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq.), as amended, or under any collective bargaining agreement;(5)  a successor that, after a merger or consolidation, continued in the business of mining asbestos or in the business of selling or distributing asbestos fibers or in the business of manufacturing, distributing, removing, or installing asbestos-containing products which were the same or substantially the same as those products previously manufactured, distributed, removed, or installed by the transferor;(6)  a contractual obligation existing as of the effective date of this chapter that was entered into with claimants or potential claimants or their counsel and which resolves asbestos claims or potential asbestos claims;(7)  any claim made against the estate of a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding commenced prior to April 1, 2003, under the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.) by or against such debtor, or against a bankruptcy trust established under 11 U.S.C. Section 524(g) or similar provisions of the United States Code in such a bankruptcy proceeding commenced prior to such date;  or(8)  a successor asbestos-related liability arising from a claim brought under Chapter 95, a common law claim for premises liability, or a cause of action for premises liability, as applicable, but only if the successor owned or controlled the premise or premises at issue after the merger or consolidation.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 17.01, eff. June 11, 2003.|