Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code - Section 137.006. Discrimination Relating To Execution Of Declaration For Mental Health Treatment
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§ 137.006. DISCRIMINATION RELATING TO EXECUTION OF
DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. A health or residential
care provider, health care service plan, insurer issuing disability
insurance, self-insured employee benefit plan, or nonprofit
hospital service plan may not:
(1) charge a person a different rate solely because
the person has executed a declaration for mental health treatment;
(2) require a person to execute a declaration for
mental health treatment before:
(A) admitting the person to a hospital, nursing
home, or residential care home;
(B) insuring the person; or
(C) allowing the person to receive health or
residential care;
(3) refuse health or residential care to a person
solely because the person has executed a declaration for mental
health treatment; or
(4) discharge the person solely because the person has
or has not executed a declaration for mental health treatment.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1318, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 134.005 136.001 137.001 137.002 137.003 137.004 137.005 137.006 137.007 137.008 137.009 137.010 137.011 138.001 138.002
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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