Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 592.013. LEAST RESTRICTIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to live in the least restrictive setting appropriate to the person's individual needs and abilities and in a variety of living situations, including living: (1) alone; (2…

Sec. 592.014. EDUCATION. Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to receive publicly supported educational services, including those services provided under the Education Code, that are appropriate to the person's individual needs regardless of: (1) the person's…

Sec. 592.015. EMPLOYMENT. An employer, employment agency, or labor organization may not deny a person equal opportunities in employment because of the person's intellectual disability, unless: (1) the person's intellectual disability significantly impairs the person's ability to …

Sec. 592.016. HOUSING. An owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent or other person having the right to sell, rent, or lease real property, or an agent or employee of any of these, may not refuse to sell, rent, or lease to any person or group of persons solely because…

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 capabi…

Sec. 592.018. DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. A person thought to be a person with an intellectual disability has the right promptly to receive a determination of an intellectual disability using diagnostic techniques that are adapted to that person's cultural backgr…

Sec. 592.019. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. A person who files an application for a determination of an intellectual disability has the right to request and promptly receive an administrative hearing under Subchapter A, Chapter 593, to contest the findings of the determination of an in…

Sec. 592.020. INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. A person for whom a determination of an intellectual disability is performed or a person who files an application for a determination of an intellectual disability under Section 593.004 and who questions the v…

Sec. 592.021. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS. Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to: (1) presumption of competency; (2) due process in guardianship proceedings; and (3) fair compensation for the person's labor for the economic benefit of another, regardless of any direc…

Sec. 592.031. RIGHTS IN GENERAL. (a) Each client has the same rights as other citizens of the United States and this state unless the client's rights have been lawfully restricted. (b) Each client has the rights listed in this subchapter in addition to the rights guaranteed by Su…

Sec. 592.032. LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE. Each client has the right to live in the least restrictive habilitation setting and to be treated and served in the least intrusive manner appropriate to the client's individual needs. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff…

Sec. 592.033. INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN. (a) Each client has the right to a written, individualized habilitation plan developed by appropriate specialists. (b) The client, and the parent of a client who is a minor or the guardian of the person, shall participate in the development of t…

Sec. 592.034. REVIEW AND REEVALUATION. (a) Each client has the right to have the individualized habilitation plan reviewed at least: (1) once a year if the client is in a residential care facility; or (2) quarterly if the client has been admitted for other services. (b) The purpo…

Sec. 592.035. PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING. (a) Each client, and parent of a client who is a minor or the guardian of the person, have the right to: (1) participate in planning the client's treatment and habilitation; and (2) be informed in writing at reasonable intervals of the cli…

Sec. 592.036. WITHDRAWAL FROM VOLUNTARY SERVICES. (a) Except as provided by Section 593.030, a client, the parent if the client is a minor, or a guardian of the person may withdraw the client from intellectual disability services. (b) This section does not apply to a person who w…

Sec. 592.037. FREEDOM FROM MISTREATMENT. Each client has the right not to be mistreated, neglected, or abused by a service provider. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 592.038. FREEDOM FROM UNNECESSARY MEDICATION. (a) Each client has the right to not receive unnecessary or excessive medication. (b) Medication may not be used: (1) as punishment; (2) for the convenience of the staff; (3) as a substitute for a habilitation program; or (4) in …

Sec. 592.039. GRIEVANCES. A client, or a person acting on behalf of a person with an intellectual disability or a group of persons with an intellectual disability, has the right to submit complaints or grievances regarding the infringement of the rights of a person with an intell…

Sec. 592.040. INFORMATION ABOUT RIGHTS. (a) On admission for intellectual disability services, each client, and the parent if the client is a minor or the guardian of the person of the client, shall be given written notice of the rights guaranteed by this subtitle. The notice sha…

Sec. 592.051. GENERAL RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS. Each resident has the right to: (1) a normal residential environment; (2) a humane physical environment; (3) communication and visits; and (4) possess personal property. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 592.052. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE AND TREATMENT. Each resident has the right to prompt, adequate, and necessary medical and dental care and treatment for physical and mental ailments and to prevent an illness or disability. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. …

Sec. 592.053. STANDARDS OF CARE. Medical and dental care and treatment shall be performed under the appropriate supervision of a licensed physician or dentist and shall be consistent with accepted standards of medical and dental practice in the community. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd…

Sec. 592.054. DUTIES OF DIRECTOR. (a) Except as limited by this subtitle, the director shall provide without further consent necessary care and treatment to each court-committed resident and make available necessary care and treatment to each voluntary resident. (b) Notwithstandi…

Sec. 592.055. UNUSUAL OR HAZARDOUS TREATMENT. This subtitle does not permit the department to perform unusual or hazardous treatment procedures, experimental research, organ transplantation, or nontherapeutic surgery for experimental research. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 7…

Sec. 592.056. NOTIFICATION OF TRUST EXEMPTION. (a) At the time a resident is admitted to a residential care facility, the facility shall provide to the resident, and the parent if the resident is a minor or the guardian of the person of the resident, written notice, in the person…

Sec. 592.102. USE OF RESTRAINTS. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to ensure that: (1) a mechanical or physical restraint is not administered to a resident of a state supported living center unless the restraint is: (A) necessary to prevent imminent physical injury…

Sec. 592.103. STANDING ORDERS FOR RESTRAINTS PROHIBITED. (a) A person may not issue a standing order to administer on an as-needed basis mechanical or physical restraints to a resident of a state supported living center. (b) A person may not administer mechanical or physical rest…

Sec. 592.104. STRAITJACKETS PROHIBITED. A person may not use a straitjacket to restrain a resident of a state supported living center. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 361 (S.B. 41), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.

Sec. 592.105. DUTY TO REPORT. A state supported living center shall report to the executive commissioner each incident in which a physical or mechanical restraint is administered to a resident of a state supported living center. The report must contain information and be in the f…

Sec. 592.106. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW. To the extent of a conflict between this subchapter and Chapter 322, this subchapter controls. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 361 (S.B. 41), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011. SUBCHAPTER F. ADMINISTRATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATIONS

Sec. 592.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Capacity" means a client's ability to: (A) understand the nature and consequences of a proposed treatment, including the benefits, risks, and alternatives to the proposed treatment; and (B) make a decision whether to undergo the…

Sec. 592.152. ADMINISTRATION OF PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION. (a) A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to a client receiving voluntary or involuntary residential care services who refuses the administration unless: (1) the client is having a medication-related emergen…

Sec. 592.153. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO CLIENT COMMITTED TO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY. (a) In this section, "ward" has the meaning assigned by Section 1002.030, Estates Code. (b) A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to a client who refuses to take the medic…

Sec. 592.154. PHYSICIAN'S APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO AUTHORIZE PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION; DATE OF HEARING. (a) A physician who is treating a client may file an application in a probate court or a court with probate jurisdiction on behalf of the state for an order to authorize the adm…

Sec. 592.155. RIGHTS OF CLIENT. A client for whom an application for an order to authorize the administration of a psychoactive medication is filed is entitled: (1) to be represented by a court-appointed attorney who is knowledgeable about issues to be adjudicated at the hearing;…

Sec. 592.156. HEARING AND ORDER AUTHORIZING PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION. (a) The court may issue an order authorizing the administration of one or more classes of psychoactive medication to a client who: (1) has been committed to a residential care facility; or (2) is in custody awai…

Sec. 592.157. FINDING THAT CLIENT PRESENTS A DANGER. In making a finding under Section 592.156(b)(2) that, as a result of a mental disorder or mental defect, the client presents a danger to the client or others in the residential care facility in which the client is being treated…

Sec. 592.158. APPEAL. (a) A client may appeal an order under this subchapter in the manner provided by Section 593.056 for an appeal of an order committing the client to a residential care facility. (b) An order authorizing the administration of medication regardless of the refus…

Sec. 592.159. EFFECT OF ORDER. (a) A person's consent to take a psychoactive medication is not valid and may not be relied on if the person is subject to an order issued under Section 592.156. (b) The issuance of an order under Section 592.156 is not a determination or adjudicati…

Sec. 592.160. EXPIRATION OF ORDER. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an order issued under Section 592.156 expires on the anniversary of the date the order was issued. (b) An order issued under Section 592.156 for a client awaiting trial in a criminal proceeding expires o…