Tex. Health & Safety Code § 592.013 · Subchapter B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS
LEAST RESTRICTIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to live in the least restrictive setting appropriate to the person's individual needs and abilities and in a variety of living situations, including living:
(1) alone;
(2) in a group home;
(3) with a family; or
(4) in a supervised, protective environment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1412, 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.592.htm
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- sha256 03c4eadbd16be3092b2189999c38e47f0574fa574307a5d130a092ee67b12fe3
- 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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