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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 572.0022

INFORMATION ON MEDICATIONS

Known as the Texas Mental Health Code

The act spans §§ 571.001 to 580.005 (237 sections).

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.03, eff

(a) A mental health facility shall provide to a patient in the patient's primary language, if possible, and in accordance with department rules information relating to prescription medication ordered by the patient's treating physician.

(b) The facility shall also provide the information to the patient's family on request, but only to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal confidentiality laws.

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