Sec. 577.002. EXEMPTIONS. (a) A mental health facility operated by the department or a federal agency need not be licensed under this chapter. (b) This chapter does not apply to a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility certified under Chapter 577A. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 4.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1391, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
Exemptions
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.002, under Chapter 577. Private Mental Hospitals and Other Mental Health Facilities.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.002