Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 320 - RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS
Subchapter A - RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Section 320.1 - Purpose
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 320.1
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
The purpose of this subchapter is:
(1) to provide to persons receiving mental health services:
(A) a listing of the
specific rights guaranteed to them;
(B) the assurance that these rights must and
will be made known to them, and, when applicable, to the persons having legal
responsibility for them (i.e., parent of a minor, managing conservator, legal
guardian of the person, limited legal guardian of the person); and
(C) assistance in exercising their rights in
a manner which does not conflict with the rights of other
persons;
(2) to require the development of rights handbooks and their distribution to persons receiving mental health services and, when applicable, to the persons with legal responsibility for them and other interested parties;
(3) to require the appointment of a rights protection officer at each department facility and community MHMR center which provides mental health services; and
(4) to ensure that department facility, community center, and psychiatric hospital employees are aware of the rights of persons receiving mental health services.
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