Government Code § 544.0056

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. SUBCHAPTER C. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL: GENERAL PROVISIONS