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. 592.021. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS
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Each person with mental retardation 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 direct or incidental therapeutic value to the person.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.