{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-252.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.001","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by providing for the development, establishment, and enforcement of standards for the provision of services to individuals residing in intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability and the establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities providing this service that, in light of advancing knowledge, will promote quality in the delivery of services and treatment of residents.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0771, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 252. INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.252.htm#252.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"2fb547468553f9cd31774a050617a13e105e2a2c437f183e32f3bf132bd074bb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-251.093","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-252.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}