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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 591.005: LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT
- CHAPTER 591. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
The least restrictive alternative is:
(1) the available program or facility that is the least confining for a client's condition; and
(2) the service and treatment that is provided in the least intrusive manner reasonably and humanely appropriate to the person's needs.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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