Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.136 · Subchapter L. ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND UNPROFESSIONAL OR UNETHICAL CONDUCT IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
BROCHURE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A state health care regulatory agency by rule may require a mental health services provider licensed by that agency to provide a standardized written brochure, in wording a patient can understand, that summarizes the law prohibiting sexual exploitation of patients. The brochure must be available in English and in a second language.
(b) The brochure shall include:
(1) procedures for filing a complaint relating to sexual exploitation, including any toll-free telephone number available; and
(2) the rights of a victim of sexual exploitation.
(c) In this section, "mental health services provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 81.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm
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