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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 594.001

APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER

Known as the Persons with an Intellectual Disability Act

The act spans §§ 591–597 (170 sections).

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

(a) A client may not be transferred or discharged except as provided by this chapter and department rules.

(b) This chapter does not apply to the:

(1) transfer of a client for emergency medical, dental, or psychiatric care for not more than 30 consecutive days;

(2) voluntary withdrawal of a client from intellectual disability services; or

(3) discharge of a client by a director because the person is not a person with an intellectual disability according to the results of the determination of an intellectual disability.

(c) A discharge under Subsection (b)(3) is without further hearings, unless an administrative hearing under Subchapter A, Chapter 593, to contest the determination of an intellectual disability is requested.

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