{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.006","heading":"EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT POWERS.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the proper and efficient treatment of persons with mental illness.\n(b) The department may:\n(1) prescribe the form and content of applications, certificates, records, and reports provided for under this subtitle;\n(2) require reports from a facility administrator relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient;\n(3) regularly visit each mental health facility to review the commitment procedure for each new patient admitted after the last visit; and\n(4) visit a mental health facility to investigate a complaint made by a patient or by a person on behalf of a patient.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1356, eff. April 2, 2015.","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#571.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f2277c95c55a2b42318f11d5e149f19f0abe88cbf11eb92708bd5ce9f7972976","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.0065"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}