{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-464.059","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.059","heading":"RELIGION NOT ENDORSED.","body":"This subchapter is not intended to aid religion. This subchapter is intended to aid persons with a chemical dependency by supporting programs that serve the valid public purpose of combating chemical dependency, regardless of whether the programs are religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical in nature. The exemption of faith-based chemical dependency treatment programs from licensure and regulation is not an endorsement or sponsorship by the state of the religious character, expression, beliefs, doctrines, or practices of the treatment programs.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 663, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1209, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE B. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 464. FACILITIES TREATING PERSONS WITH A CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY","SUBCHAPTER C. FAITH-BASED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.464.htm#464.059","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f6269e5141f58b7f50461bf68134438ea87187c8c7ad99066486ff72be82925b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-464.058","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-464.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}