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 592. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION |
Subchapter B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS |
Sec. 592.017. TREATMENT AND SERVICES
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Each person with mental retardation has the right to receive for mental retardation 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.