Tex. Health & Safety Code § 576.022 · Subchapter B. RIGHTS RELATING TO TREATMENT
ADEQUACY OF TREATMENT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility shall provide adequate medical and psychiatric care and treatment to every patient in accordance with the highest standards accepted in medical practice.
(b) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility may give the patient accepted psychiatric treatment and therapy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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.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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