Tex. Health & Safety Code § 577.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; LICENSING AND PENALTIES

ADDITIONAL LICENSE NOT REQUIRED.

Verbatim from the official edition

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

A mental hospital licensed under this chapter that the department designates to provide mental health services is not required to obtain an additional license to provide court-ordered mental health services.

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. 3.1392, 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.577.htm
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