{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.206","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.206","heading":"PROVISION OF NECESSARY PATIENT CARE BY ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER.","body":"This subchapter may not be construed as requiring an essential caregiver to provide necessary care to a patient, and a state hospital may not require an essential caregiver to provide the necessary care.\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#552.206","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"676435c3394fe27d28f82f52dd6d7189bc6f8261132634e1260839f9a534d43d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.205","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-553.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}