{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.003","heading":"ADDITIONAL LICENSE NOT REQUIRED.","body":"A mental hospital licensed under this chapter that the department designates to provide mental health services is not required to obtain an additional license to provide court-ordered mental health services.\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. 3.1392, eff. April 2, 2015.","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#577.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"eaa23cf6dc90555b3a59fa060395f82d577d798e729d8f8f9e39edef5863b55c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-577.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}