Tex. Health & Safety Code § 592.020 · Subchapter B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS
INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person for whom a determination of an intellectual disability is performed or a person who files an application for a determination of an intellectual disability under Section 593.004 and who questions the validity or results of the determination of an intellectual disability has the right to an additional, independent determination of an intellectual disability performed at the person's own expense.
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History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 60, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1412, eff. April 2, 2015.
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