Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.102: ADMISSION CRITERIA.

A facility certified under this chapter may not admit or provide treatments or services to an individual unless the individual:

(1) is 21 years of age or younger;

(2) has been diagnosed with a severe emotional disturbance by a licensed mental health professional;

(3) requires residential psychiatric treatment under the direction of a licensed physician to improve the individual's condition; and

(4) was referred for treatments or services in a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility by a licensed mental health professional.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.