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Health and Safety Code §552.101

In force on Jan 01, 2025 · this text took effect Jan 01, 2025 · same as today's text

ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS

The inspector general shall employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of assisting a state or local law enforcement agency in the investigation of an alleged criminal offense involving a patient of a state hospital. A peace officer employed and commissioned by the inspector general is a peace officer for purposes of Article 2A.001 , Code of Criminal Procedure.

History: Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 395 (S.B. 152 ), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504 ), Sec. 2.124, eff. January 1, 2025.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 28, 2023 to Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

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Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-0019 (Aug 06, 2002): Whether drug pricing information collected by the Department of Health and used by the Interagency Council on Pharmaceuticals Bulk Purchasing is subject to disclosure under the Public Information Act

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