Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 576.005. CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Records of a mental health facility that directly or indirectly identify a present, former, or proposed patient are confidential unless disclosure is permitted by other state law. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. …

Sec. 576.0055. DISCLOSURE OF NAME AND BIRTH AND DEATH DATES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. (a) In this section, "cemetery organization" and "funeral establishment" have the meanings assigned by Section 711.001. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, on request by a representative of a cemeter…

Sec. 576.006. RIGHTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION. (a) A patient in an inpatient mental health facility has the right to: (1) receive visitors; (2) communicate with a person outside the facility by telephone and by uncensored and sealed mail; and (3) communicate by telephone and by unce…

Sec. 576.007. NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE. (a) The department or facility shall make a reasonable effort to notify an adult patient's family before the patient is discharged or released from a facility providing voluntary or involuntary mental health services if the patient grants pe…

Sec. 576.008. NOTIFICATION OF PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM. A patient shall be informed in writing, at the time of admission and discharge, of the existence, purpose, telephone number, and address of the protection and advocacy system established in this state under the federal…

Sec. 576.009. NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS. A patient receiving involuntary inpatient mental health services shall be informed of the rights provided by this subtitle: (1) orally, in simple, nontechnical terms, and in writing that, if possible, is in the person's primary language; or (…

Sec. 576.010. NOTIFICATION OF TRUST EXEMPTION. (a) At the time a patient is admitted to an inpatient mental health facility for voluntary or involuntary inpatient mental health services, the facility shall provide to the patient, and the parent if the patient is a minor or the gu…

Sec. 576.021. GENERAL RIGHTS RELATING TO TREATMENT. (a) A patient receiving mental health services under this subtitle has the right to: (1) appropriate treatment for the patient's mental illness in the least restrictive appropriate setting available; (2) not receive unnecessary …

Sec. 576.022. ADEQUACY OF TREATMENT. (a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility shall provide adequate medical and psychiatric care and treatment to every patient in accordance with the highest standards accepted in medical practice. (b) The facility ad…

Sec. 576.023. PERIODIC EXAMINATION. The facility administrator is responsible for the examination of each patient of the facility at least once every six months and more frequently as practicable. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 576.024. USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT. (a) A physical restraint may not be applied to a patient unless a physician prescribes the restraint. (b) A physical restraint shall be removed as soon as possible. (c) Each use of a physical restraint and the reason for the use shall be m…

Sec. 576.025. ADMINISTRATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION. (a) A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to a patient receiving voluntary or involuntary mental health services who refuses the administration unless: (1) the patient is having a medication-related emergenc…

Sec. 576.026. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION. (a) A patient receiving inpatient mental health services under this subtitle is entitled to obtain at the patient's cost an independent psychiatric, psychological, or medical examination or evaluation by a psychiatrist, physician, or nonphysi…

Sec. 576.027. LIST OF MEDICATIONS. (a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility shall provide to a patient, a person designated by the patient, and the patient's legal guardian or managing conservator, if any, a list of the medications prescribed for admi…