Tex. Health & Safety Code § 597.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EXCEPTIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not apply to decisions for the following:
(1) experimental research;
(2) abortion;
(3) sterilization;
(4) management of client funds; and
(5) electroconvulsive treatment.
(b) This chapter does not apply to campus-based facilities operated by the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 530, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Reenacted by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 538, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.597.htm
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- 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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