Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to protection from exploitation and abuse because of the person's intellectual disability.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 592.012
PROTECTION FROM EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE
Known as the Persons with an Intellectual Disability Act
The act spans §§ 591–597 (170 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Rodriguez v. State (1995)
Most recently applied in in the Guardianship of A.E., an Incapacitated Person (June 2018)
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.