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Sec.\u00A0159.005.\u00A0\u00A0CONSENT FOR RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  (a)\u00A0\u00A0Consent for the release of confidential information must be in writing and signed by:
(1)\u00A0\u00A0the patient;
(2)\u00A0\u00A0a parent or legal guardian of the patient if the patient is a minor;
(3)\u00A0\u00A0a legal guardian of the patient if the patient has been adjudicated incapacitated to manage the patient's personal affairs;
(4)\u00A0\u00A0an attorney ad litem appointed for the patient, as authorized by:
(A)\u00A0\u00A0Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code;
(B)\u00A0\u00A0Subtitle D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code;
(C)\u00A0\u00A0Title 3, Estates Code; or
(D)\u00A0\u00A0Chapter 107, Family Code; or
(5)\u00A0\u00A0a personal representative of the patient if the patient is deceased.
(b)\u00A0\u00A0The written consent must specify:
(1)\u00A0\u00A0the billing records, medical records, or other information to be covered by the release;
(2)\u00A0\u00A0the reasons or purposes for the release;  and
(3)\u00A0\u00A0the person to whom the information is to be released.
(c)\u00A0\u00A0The patient, or other person authorized to consent, is entitled to withdraw the consent to the release of any information.  Withdrawal of consent does not affect any information disclosed before the written notice of the withdrawal.
(d)\u00A0\u00A0A patient may not bring an action against a physician for a disclosure made by the physician in good faith reliance on an authorized consent if the physician did not have written notice that the authorization was revoked.
(e)\u00A0\u00A0A person who receives information made confidential by this subtitle may disclose the information only to the extent consistent with the authorized purposes for which consent to release the information is obtained.
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Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 984, Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.052, eff. September 1, 2017.
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