Tex. Gov't Code § 418.256 · Subchapter I. WELLNESS CHECKS FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE INDIVIDUALS DURING CERTAIN EMERGENCIES
REQUIREMENTS FOR WELLNESS CHECK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The division, in collaboration with the commission and the department, by rule shall develop minimum standards for conducting wellness checks. Each county and municipality shall adopt procedures for conducting wellness checks in compliance with the minimum standards.
(b) A wellness check on a medically fragile individual under this subchapter must:
(1) include:
(A) an automated telephone call and text to the individual;
(B) a personalized telephone call to the individual; and
(C) if the individual is unresponsive to a telephone call under Paragraph (B), an in-person wellness check; and
(2) be conducted in accordance with the minimum standards prescribed by division rule and the procedures of the applicable county or municipality.
(c) A wellness check must be conducted as soon as practicable but not later than 24 hours after the event requiring a wellness check occurs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (S.B. 968), Sec. 5, eff. June 16, 2021.
Redesignated by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 24.001(17), eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm
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