Sec. 544.0056. EXPUNCTION OF CHILD'S CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY DIAGNOSIS IN CERTAIN RECORDS

1. (a) In this section:

   1. (1) "Chemical dependency" has the meaning assigned by Section 461A.002, Health and Safety Code.
   2. (2) "Child" means an individual who is 13 years of age or younger.

2. (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. (1) appropriate official record of the commission or agency;
   2. (2) applicable medical record that is in the commission's or agency's custody; and
   3. (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.