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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 551.025

DUTY TO REPORT MISSING PATIENT OR CLIENT

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff

If a person receiving inpatient intellectual disability services or court-ordered inpatient mental health services leaves a department facility without notifying the facility or without the facility's consent, the facility director or superintendent shall immediately report the person as a missing person to an appropriate law enforcement agency in the area in which the facility is located.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.