{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.0066","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.0066","heading":"PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INFORMATION.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require a mental health facility that admits a patient under this subtitle to provide to the patient in the patient's primary language, if possible, information relating to prescription medications ordered by the patient's treating physician.\n(b) At a minimum, the required information must:\n(1) identify the major types of prescription medications; and\n(2) specify for each major type:\n(A) the conditions the medications are commonly used to treat;\n(B) the beneficial effects on those conditions generally expected from the medications;\n(C) side effects and risks associated with the medications;\n(D) commonly used examples of medications of the major type; and\n(E) sources of detailed information concerning a particular medication.\n(c) The facility shall also provide the information to the patient's family on request, but only to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal confidentiality laws.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.01, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Renumbered from Health \u0026 Safety Code Sec. 571.0065 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(32), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1358, 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#571.0066","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"4ed76e2e9f45426244e4de2764cd0abb6de95a7b07e30b62cddcbc2d59bd6d48","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.0065","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.0067"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}