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

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.159: EFFECT OF ORDER.

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 592. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
SUBCHAPTER F. ADMINISTRATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATIONS

(a) A person's consent to take a psychoactive medication is not valid and may not be relied on if the person is subject to an order issued under Section 592.156.

(b) The issuance of an order under Section 592.156 is not a determination or adjudication of mental incompetency and does not limit in any other respect that person's rights as a citizen or the person's property rights or legal capacity.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 504 (S.B. 34), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.

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