{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-137.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.002","heading":"PERSONS WHO MAY EXECUTE DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT; PERIOD OF VALIDITY.","body":"(a) An adult who is not incapacitated may execute a declaration for mental health treatment. The preferences or instructions may include consent to or refusal of mental health treatment.\n(b) A declaration for mental health treatment is effective on execution as provided by this chapter. Except as provided by Subsection (c), a declaration for mental health treatment expires on the third anniversary of the date of its execution or when revoked by the principal, whichever is earlier.\n(c) If the declaration for mental health treatment is in effect and the principal is incapacitated on the third anniversary of the date of its execution, the declaration remains in effect until the principal is no longer incapacitated.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1318, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 137. DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.137.htm#137.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"b73189bf9d087514f6b4cbda8babf9110edc931bf3781ccc1a91488b5f5f5679","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-137.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-137.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}