Tex. Health & Safety Code § 592.021 · Subchapter B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to:
(1) presumption of competency;
(2) due process in guardianship proceedings; and
(3) fair compensation for the person's labor for the economic benefit of another, regardless of any direct or incidental therapeutic value to the person.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 f3442392c7c1d11611de4a77dcef96ba1612e45aa14a0bb502b04d024cc248b6
- 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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