Tex. Health & Safety Code § 597.048 · Subchapter C. SURROGATE CONSENT FOR ICF-IID CLIENTS
REVIEW OF APPLICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The committee shall review the application at the time, place, and date provided in the notice under Section 597.045.
(b) A person notified under Section 597.045 is entitled to be present and to present evidence personally or through a representative.
(c) The committee may take testimony or review evidence from any person who might assist the committee in determining a client's best interest.
(d) Formal rules of evidence do not apply to committee proceedings.
(e) If practicable, the committee shall interview and observe the client before making a determination of the client's best interest, and in those cases when a client is not interviewed, the reason must be documented in the committee's record.
(f) At any time before the committee makes its determination of a client's best interest under Section 597.049, the committee chair may suspend the review of the application for not more than five days if any person applies for appointment as the client's guardian of the person in accordance with the Estates Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 530, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Reenacted by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 538, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1484, 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.597.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 11dea80044fa1167238d69acb0bd11ae5d3986ddde9dd471ab0d8c1f9a81fd02
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 597.048. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.