Tex. Health & Safety Code § 571.009 · Chapter 571. GENERAL PROVISIONS

EFFECT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON ADMISSION OR COMMITMENT.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A person with mental illness may not be denied admission or commitment to a mental health facility because the person also suffers from epilepsy, dementia, substance abuse, or intellectual disability.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1359, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.571.htm
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