{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.205","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.205","heading":"NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS.","body":"A person receiving inpatient health services shall be informed of the rights provided by Section 81.206:\n(1) orally, in simple, nontechnical terms;\n(2) in writing that, if possible, is in the person's primary language; and\n(3) through the use of a means reasonably calculated to communicate with a hearing impaired or visually impaired person, if applicable.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.205","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"37473d20fd540864332392d744e623e41665266ade43c6e6e4b85f4363bf60f4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}