{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.040","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.040","heading":"INFORMATION ABOUT RIGHTS.","body":"(a) On admission for intellectual disability services, each client, and the parent if the client is a minor or the guardian of the person of the client, shall be given written notice of the rights guaranteed by this subtitle. The notice shall be in plain and simple language.\n(b) Each client shall be orally informed of these rights in plain and simple language.\n(c) Notice given solely to the parent or guardian of the person is sufficient if the client is manifestly unable to comprehend the rights.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1416, 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 C. RIGHTS OF CLIENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.592.htm#592.040","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"546429b16efb5683bd62d3642d9a59fdf5cc5e96d9ec8352dc4054731cebfca4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.039","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-592.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}