A person thought to be a person with an intellectual disability has the right promptly to receive a determination of an intellectual disability using diagnostic techniques that are adapted to that person's cultural background, language, and ethnic origin to determine if the person is in need of intellectual disability services as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 593.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 592.018
DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
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 Commitment of Fisher v. State (December 2003)
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.