{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-26.0091","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 26.0091","heading":"REFUSAL OF PSYCHIATRIC OR PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF CHILD AS BASIS OF REPORT OF NEGLECT.","body":"(a) In this section, \"psychotropic drug\" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.111, Family Code.\n(b) An employee of a school district may not use or threaten to use the refusal of a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator of a child to administer or consent to the administration of a psychotropic drug to the child, or to consent to any other psychiatric or psychological testing or treatment of the child, as the sole basis for making a report of neglect of the child under Subchapter B, Chapter 261, Family Code, unless the employee has cause to believe that the refusal:\n(1) presents a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, or bodily injury to the child; or\n(2) has resulted in an observable and material impairment to the growth, development, or functioning of the child.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE E. STUDENTS AND PARENTS","CHAPTER 26. PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.26.htm#26.0091","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"99798f5b46f639d8b4d75cf1272c492dd2493b6ac7015f96ddfb1bb5f7b7838b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-26.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-26.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}