Tex. Health & Safety Code § 577.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; LICENSING AND PENALTIES
EXEMPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A mental health facility operated by the department or a federal agency need not be licensed under this chapter.
(b) This chapter does not apply to a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility certified under Chapter 577A.
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. 573, Sec. 4.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1391, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.577.htm
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- 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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