{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.206","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.206","heading":"LIABILITY.","body":"A person who has completed a mental health first aid training program offered by a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority under this subchapter and who in good faith attempts to assist an individual experiencing a mental health crisis is not liable in civil damages for an act performed in attempting to assist the individual unless the act is wilfully or wantonly negligent.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306 (H.B. 3793), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 2059), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 12. HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH","CHAPTER 1001. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER H. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.1001.htm#1001.206","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"8c10fbb13ab8e4c3b41aabc86413a30a3fdff5e053e9132c333ff61f67213e2f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.205","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}