Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.841
DEFINITIONS
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.841, DEFINITIONS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/669509
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In this subchapter:
(1) "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement of an electronic monitoring device in the room of a resident of an institution and making tapes or recordings with the device after making a request to the institution to allow electronic monitoring.
(2) "Electronic monitoring device":
(A) includes:
(i) video surveillance cameras installed in the room of a resident; and
(ii) audio devices installed in the room of a resident designed to acquire communications or other sounds occurring in the room; and
(B) does not include an interception device that is specifically used for the nonconsensual interception of wire or electronic communications.