Tex. Health & Safety Code § 591.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE.

Verbatim from the official edition

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

The least restrictive alternative is:

(1) the available program or facility that is the least confining for a client's condition; and

(2) the service and treatment that is provided in the least intrusive manner reasonably and humanely appropriate to the person's needs.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.591.htm
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