Tex. Health & Safety Code § 576.009 · Subchapter A. GENERAL RIGHTS
NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A patient receiving involuntary inpatient mental health services shall be informed of the rights provided by this subtitle:
(1) orally, in simple, nontechnical terms, and in writing that, if possible, is in the person's primary language; or
(2) through the use of a means reasonably calculated to communicate with a hearing impaired or visually impaired person, if applicable.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.07, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.576.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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