{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-576.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 576.002","heading":"PRESUMPTION OF COMPETENCY.","body":"(a) The provision of court-ordered, emergency, or voluntary mental health services to a person is not a determination or adjudication of mental incompetency and does not limit the person's rights as a citizen, or the person's property rights or legal capacity.\n(b) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person is mentally competent unless a judicial finding to the contrary is made under the Estates Code.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1309, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.047, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 576. RIGHTS OF PATIENTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL RIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.576.htm#576.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"722ddf24f5b3800ccd21b21b7bbe6b88d7baa49314a87e847e3fac27cab38412","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-576.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-576.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}