{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.009","heading":"EFFECT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON ADMISSION OR COMMITMENT.","body":"A person with mental illness may not be denied admission or commitment to a mental health facility because the person also suffers from epilepsy, dementia, substance abuse, or intellectual disability.\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. 3.1359, 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#571.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"dad0270b2a43705330d67d92986989446edcffa02e1297f4cc5f1758e0809b5a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.0081","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}