{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-40.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 40.001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this chapter, \"epilepsy\" means a variable symptom complex characterized by recurrent paroxysmal attacks of unconsciousness or impaired consciousness, usually with a succession of clonic or tonic muscular spasms or other abnormal behavior.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE B. HEALTH PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 40. EPILEPSY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.40.htm#40.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"8a4945f1cd90ae20badeae758b40cc0ffdae8a717492c01c98a97e8658633ba6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-37.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-40.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}