Tex. Health & Safety Code § 555.061 · Subchapter C. OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN FOR STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS
TOLL-FREE NUMBER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The office shall establish a permanent, toll-free number for the purpose of receiving any information concerning the violation of a right of a resident or client.
(b) The office shall ensure that:
(1) the toll-free number is prominently displayed in the main administration area and other appropriate common areas of a center; and
(2) a resident, a client, the legally authorized representative of a resident or client, and a center employee have confidential access to a telephone for the purpose of calling the toll-free number.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (S.B. 643), Sec. 22, eff. June 11, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.555.htm
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