{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.001","heading":"HOSPITAL DISTRICTS.","body":"(a) The department shall divide the state into hospital districts.\n(b) The department may change the districts.\n(c) The department shall designate the state hospitals to which persons with mental illness from each district shall be admitted.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES","CHAPTER 552. STATE HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.552.htm#552.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"dbbc890502a3d035b1e4c62387c7370dcdeb865060239735739127692910bb8b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-551.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.0011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}