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.
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