Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.010: CONSENT TO TREATMENT AT CERTAIN FACILITIES.

Where this section sits in the code

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
SUBTITLE B. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 462. TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH CHEMICAL DEPENDENCIES
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) A treatment facility licensed by the department under Chapter 464 may not provide treatment to a patient without the patient's legally adequate consent.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe standards for obtaining a patient's legally adequate consent under this section, including rules prescribing reasonable efforts to obtain a patient's consent and requiring documentation for those efforts.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1211 (S.B. 1560), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2015.

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