Tex. Health & Safety Code § 252.183 · Subchapter G. RESPITE CARE
PLAN OF CARE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The facility and the person arranging the care must agree on the plan of care and the plan must be filed at the facility before the facility admits the person for the care.
(b) The plan of care must be signed by:
(1) a licensed physician if the person for whom the care is arranged needs medical care or treatment; or
(2) the person arranging for the respite care if medical care or treatment is not needed.
(c) The facility may keep an agreed plan of care for a person for not longer than six months from the date on which it is received. After each admission, the facility shall review and update the plan of care. During that period, the facility may admit the person as frequently as is needed and as accommodations are available.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.252.htm
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- 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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