Texas Health And Safety Code Title 7, Chapter 576 - Rights Of Patients

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL RIGHTS

• Texas Section 576.001 - Rights Under Constitution And Law
  (a) A person with mental illness in this state has the rights, benefits, responsibilities, and privileges guaranteed by the constitution and laws of the United...
• Texas Section 576.002 - Presumption Of Competency
  (a) The provision of court-ordered, emergency, or voluntary mental health services to a person is not a determination or adjudication of mental incompetency and does...
• Texas Section 576.003 - Writ Of Habeas Corpus
  A petition for a writ of habeas corpus must be filed in the court of appeals for the county in which the order is entered....
• Texas Section 576.004 - Effect On Guardianship
  This subtitle, or an action taken or a determination made under this subtitle, does not affect a guardianship established under law. Added by Acts 1991,...
• Texas Section 576.005 - Confidentiality Of Records
  Records of a mental health facility that directly or indirectly identify a present, former, or proposed patient are confidential unless disclosure is permitted by other...
• Texas Section 576.0055 - Disclosure Of Name And Birth And Death Dates For Certain Purposes
  (a) In this section, "cemetery organization" and "funeral establishment" have the meanings assigned by Section 711.001. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, on request by a...
• Texas Section 576.006 - Rights Subject To Limitation
  (a) A patient in an inpatient mental health facility has the right to: (1) receive visitors; (2) communicate with a person outside the facility by...
• Texas Section 576.007 - Notification Of Release
  (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...
• Texas Section 576.008 - Notification Of Protection And Advocacy System
  A patient shall be informed in writing, at the time of admission and discharge, of the existence, purpose, telephone number, and address of the protection...
• Texas Section 576.009 - Notification Of Rights
  A patient receiving involuntary inpatient mental health services shall be informed of the rights provided by this subtitle: (1) orally, in simple, nontechnical terms, and...

SUBCHAPTER B RIGHTS RELATING TO TREATMENT

• Texas Section 576.010 - Notification Of Trust Exemption
  (a) At the time a patient is admitted to an inpatient mental health facility for voluntary or involuntary inpatient mental health services, the facility shall...
• Texas Section 576.021 - General Rights Relating To Treatment
  (a) A patient receiving mental health services under this subtitle has the right to: (1) appropriate treatment for the patient's mental illness in the least...
• Texas Section 576.022 - Adequacy Of Treatment
  (a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility shall provide adequate medical and psychiatric care and treatment to every patient in accordance with...
• Texas Section 576.023 - Periodic Examination
  The facility administrator is responsible for the examination of each patient of the facility at least once every six months and more frequently as practicable....
• Texas Section 576.024 - Use Of Physical Restraint
  (a) A physical restraint may not be applied to a patient unless a physician prescribes the restraint. (b) A physical restraint shall be removed as...
• Texas Section 576.025 - Administration Of Psychoactive Medication
  (a) A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to a patient receiving voluntary or involuntary mental health services who refuses the administration unless: (1)...
• Texas Section 576.026 - Independent Evaluation
  (a) A patient receiving inpatient mental health services under this subtitle is entitled to obtain at the patient's cost an independent psychiatric, psychological, or medical...
• Texas Section 576.027 - List Of Medications
  (a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility shall provide to a patient, a person designated by the patient, and the patient's legal...

Last modified: September 28, 2016