Tex. Health & Safety Code § 1001.206 · Subchapter H. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING
LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who has completed a mental health first aid training program offered by a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority under this subchapter and who in good faith attempts to assist an individual experiencing a mental health crisis is not liable in civil damages for an act performed in attempting to assist the individual unless the act is wilfully or wantonly negligent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306 (H.B. 3793), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 2059), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.1001.htm
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- sha256 953f72f78c4762a1bb0ff2d00797fc09326c9f63c94c043b51821c5912f5d3a1
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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