This subtitle may be cited as the Texas Mental Health Code.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 571.001
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Known as the Texas Mental Health Code
The act spans §§ 571–580 (237 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Broussard v. State (1992)
Most recently applied in Laney v. State (April 2007)
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.