Tex. Health & Safety Code § 577A.102 · Subchapter C. REGULATION OF CERTIFIED PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL YOUTH TREATMENT FACILITIES
ADMISSION CRITERIA.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A facility certified under this chapter may not admit or provide treatments or services to an individual unless the individual:
(1) is 21 years of age or younger;
(2) has been diagnosed with a severe emotional disturbance by a licensed mental health professional;
(3) requires residential psychiatric treatment under the direction of a licensed physician to improve the individual's condition; and
(4) was referred for treatments or services in a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility by a licensed mental health professional.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.577A.htm
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