{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-591.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 591.005","heading":"LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE.","body":"The least restrictive alternative is:\n(1) the available program or facility that is the least confining for a client's condition; and\n(2) the service and treatment that is provided in the least intrusive manner reasonably and humanely appropriate to the person's needs.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT","CHAPTER 591. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.591.htm#591.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"672c0ea5140cabeb01628c99a3f6de89db8e9a8cda7c36c9063c74f175d831ba","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-591.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-591.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}