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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 594.001. Applicability of Chapter

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A client may not be transferred or discharged except as provided by this chapter and department rules.

(b) This chapter does not apply to the:

(1) transfer of a client for emergency medical, dental, or psychiatric care for not more than 30 consecutive days;

(2) voluntary withdrawal of a client from intellectual disability services; or

(3) discharge of a client by a director because the person is not a person with an intellectual disability according to the results of the determination of an intellectual disability.

(c) A discharge under Subsection (b)(3) is without further hearings, unless an administrative hearing under Subchapter A, Chapter 593,  1 to contest the determination of an intellectual disability is requested.

1 V.T.C.A., Health & Safety Code § 593.001 et seq.
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