{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-121.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 121.001","heading":"STATE POLICY.","body":"The policy of the state is to encourage and enable persons with disabilities to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state, to achieve maximum personal independence, to become gainfully employed, and to otherwise fully enjoy and use all public facilities available within the state.\nActs 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2425, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 649, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 8. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES","CHAPTER 121. PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.121.htm#121.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"ed8680d879800764c3b1a200c17ff15352a5de13c11ac80f31195d460c64b175","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-117.093","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-121.0014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}