2019 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle E - Special Provisions Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Retardation
Chapter 611 - Mental Health Records
Section 611.007. Revocation of Consent
Sec. 611.007. REVOCATION OF CONSENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a patient or a patient's legally authorized representative may revoke a disclosure consent to a professional at any time. A revocation is valid only if it is written, dated, and signed by the patient or legally authorized representative.
(b) A patient may not revoke a disclosure that is required for purposes of making payment to the professional for mental health care services provided to the patient.
(c) A patient may not maintain an action against a professional for a disclosure made by the professional in good faith reliance on an authorization if the professional did not have notice of the revocation of the consent.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 856, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
