Treatment and Services

Sec. 592.017. TREATMENT AND SERVICES. Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to receive for the person's intellectual disability adequate treatment and habilitative services that: (1) are suited to the person's individual needs; (2) maximize the person's capabilities; (3) enhance the person's ability to cope with the person's environment; and (4) are administered skillfully, safely, and humanely with full respect for the dignity and personal integrity of the person. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1412, eff. April 2, 2015.