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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE |
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Title 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Chapter 137. DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT |
Sec. 137.006. DISCRIMINATION RELATING TO EXECUTION OF DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
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A health or residential care provider, health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital service plan may not:
(1) charge a person a different rate solely because the person has executed a declaration for mental health treatment;
(2) require a person to execute a declaration for mental health treatment before:
(A) admitting the person to a hospital, nursing home, or residential care home;
(B) insuring the person; or
(C) allowing the person to receive health or residential care;
(3) refuse health or residential care to a person solely because the person has executed a declaration for mental health treatment; or
(4) discharge the person solely because the person has or has not executed a declaration for mental health treatment.