Tex. Health & Safety Code § 552.202 · Subchapter F. RIGHT TO ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER VISITS
PATIENT'S RIGHT TO ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER VISITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A patient, the patient's guardian, or the patient's legally authorized representative has the right to designate an essential caregiver with whom a state hospital may not prohibit in-person visitation.
(b) If a patient is a minor, the patient's parent, guardian, or managing conservator may designate both of the minor patient's parents as essential caregivers under Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1038 (S.B. 52), Sec. 1, 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.552.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 158eefbe50ce625d7d2b39487fba8eb08d53d448dcfb6cd079bbdbf2d5368580
- 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
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 552.202. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.