Texas Department of Health v. Doe

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order denying appellant’s plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss. Appellee, Jane Doe, 1 sued appellant, the Texas Department of Health (“TDH”), claiming that TDH wrongfully disclosed the positive result of her human immunodeficiency vims (“HTV”) test to a non-employee nursing student without her consent. Doe sought injunctive relief, civil damages, and a declaration that TDH violated her right to confidentiality under section 81.103(a) of the Texas Health and Safety Code. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 81.103(a)…