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

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 576.001: RIGHTS UNDER CONSTITUTION AND LAW.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
  3. SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE
  4. CHAPTER 576. RIGHTS OF PATIENTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL RIGHTS

(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 States and this state.

(b) Unless a specific law limits a right under a special procedure, a patient has:

(1) the right to register and vote at an election;

(2) the right to acquire, use, and dispose of property, including contractual rights;

(3) the right to sue and be sued;

(4) all rights relating to the grant, use, and revocation of a license, permit, privilege, or benefit under law;

(5) the right to religious freedom; and

(6) all rights relating to domestic relations.

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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