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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 576.007

NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE

Known as the Texas Mental Health Code

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

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

(a) The department or facility shall make a reasonable effort to notify an adult patient's family before the patient is discharged or released from a facility providing voluntary or involuntary mental health services if the patient grants permission for the notification.

(b) The department shall notify each adult patient of the patient's right to have his family notified under this section.

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