{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.204","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.204","heading":"REVOCATION OF ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER DESIGNATION.","body":"(a) A state hospital may revoke an individual's designation as an essential caregiver if the individual violates the hospital's policies, procedures, or safety protocols established under Section 552.203.\n(b) If a state hospital revokes an individual's designation as an essential caregiver under this section, the patient, patient's guardian, or patient's legally authorized representative or, for a minor patient, the patient's parent, guardian, or managing conservator, has the right to immediately designate another individual as the patient's essential caregiver.\n(c) The commission by rule shall establish an appeals process to evaluate the revocation of an individual's designation as an essential caregiver under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1038 (S.B. 52), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES","CHAPTER 552. STATE HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER F. RIGHT TO ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER VISITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.552.htm#552.204","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"1670b078b2b22e33cd6a277b473f5352c8c48e593ac2a3e2769c322f4a12166b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}