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

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.002: EXEMPTIONS.

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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 577. PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITALS AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; LICENSING AND PENALTIES

(a) A mental health facility operated by the department or a federal agency need not be licensed under this chapter.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility certified under Chapter 577A.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 4.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1391, eff. April 2, 2015.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.

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

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