{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.004","heading":"LEAST RESTRICTIVE APPROPRIATE SETTING.","body":"The least restrictive appropriate setting for the treatment of a patient is the treatment setting that:\n(1) is available;\n(2) provides the patient with the greatest probability of improvement or cure; and\n(3) is no more restrictive of the patient's physical or social liberties than is necessary to provide the patient with the most effective treatment and to protect adequately against any danger the patient poses to himself or others.\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 C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 571. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.571.htm#571.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e808043169702ec99872e74adce73c0231292037e7c71334fcdbb451221c2898","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}