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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 576.001

RIGHTS UNDER CONSTITUTION AND LAW

Known as the Texas Mental Health Code

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

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In Re Commitment of Fisher (2005)

Most recently applied in In Re Commitment of Fisher (May 2005)

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

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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.

(a) A person with mental illness in this state has the rights, benefits, responsibilities, and privileges guaranteed by the constitution and laws of the United States and this state.

(b) Unless a specific law limits a right under a special procedure, a patient has:

(1) the right to register and vote at an election;

(2) the right to acquire, use, and dispose of property, including contractual rights;

(3) the right to sue and be sued;

(4) all rights relating to the grant, use, and revocation of a license, permit, privilege, or benefit under law;

(5) the right to religious freedom; and

(6) all rights relating to domestic relations.

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