{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.018","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.018","heading":"DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.","body":"A person thought to be a person with an intellectual disability has the right promptly to receive a determination of an intellectual disability using diagnostic techniques that are adapted to that person's cultural background, language, and ethnic origin to determine if the person is in need of intellectual disability services as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 593.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 60, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1412, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT","CHAPTER 592. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBCHAPTER B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.592.htm#592.018","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"7a90f6202ce4fa9c820c438a84e66a8d62d373cb7fa9e1e6016ea2e64b8486e2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.017","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}