Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
Subtitle D. PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION ACT |
Chapter 591. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 591.005. LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE
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The least restrictive alternative is:
(1) the available program or facility that is the least confining for a client's condition; and
(2) the service and treatment that is provided in the least intrusive manner reasonably and humanely appropriate to the person's needs.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.