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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 571.006

EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT POWERS

Known as the Texas Mental Health Code

The act spans §§ 571–580 (237 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Laney v. State (2007)

Most recently applied in Lakey v. Taylor ex rel. Shearer (May 2014)

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

(a) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the proper and efficient treatment of persons with mental illness.

(b) The department may:

(1) prescribe the form and content of applications, certificates, records, and reports provided for under this subtitle;

(2) require reports from a facility administrator relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient;

(3) regularly visit each mental health facility to review the commitment procedure for each new patient admitted after the last visit; and

(4) visit a mental health facility to investigate a complaint made by a patient or by a person on behalf of a patient.

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