Tex. Health & Safety Code § 571.0166 · Chapter 571. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE STATE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
All applications under this subtitle shall be filed on behalf of the State of Texas and styled "The State of Texas for the Best Interest and Protection of (NAME) the (patient or proposed patient)."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 3005ec001ff80189cb2f66c284c539c0606135406056aeb31b10d84ae05a4d83
- 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
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