{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.002","heading":"EXEMPTIONS.","body":"(a) A mental health facility operated by the department or a federal agency need not be licensed under this chapter.\n(b) This chapter does not apply to a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility certified under Chapter 577A.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 4.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1391, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 577. PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITALS AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; LICENSING AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.577.htm#577.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"1d68c1b61385f80a3e36693d1f20f868eb0fdbdb3579f41edc6dceca576c6cd8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}