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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 593.001. Admission - Sec. 593.001. ADMISSION. A person may be admitted for intellectual...
Section 593.002. Consent Required - Sec. 593.002. CONSENT REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...
Section 593.003. Requirement of Determination of an Intellectual Disability - Sec. 593.003. REQUIREMENT OF DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. Except...
Section 593.004. Application for Determination of an Intellectual Disability - Sec. 593.004. APPLICATION FOR DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. (a)...
Section 593.005. Determination of an Intellectual Disability - Sec. 593.005. DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. (a) In this...
Section 593.006. Report - Sec. 593.006. REPORT. A person who files an application for...
Section 593.007. Notification of Certain Rights - Sec. 593.007. NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS. The department shall inform...
Section 593.008. Administrative Hearing - Sec. 593.008. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. (a) The proposed client and contestant...
Section 593.009. Hearing Report; Final Decision - Sec. 593.009. HEARING REPORT; FINAL DECISION. (a) After each hearing,...
Section 593.010. Appeal - Sec. 593.010. APPEAL. (a) A party to a hearing may...
Section 593.011. Fees for Services - Sec. 593.011. FEES FOR SERVICES. (a) The department shall charge...
Section 593.012. Absent Without Authority - Sec. 593.012. ABSENT WITHOUT AUTHORITY. (a) The director of a...
Section 593.013. Requirement of Interdisciplinary Team Recommendation - Sec. 593.013. REQUIREMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM RECOMMENDATION. (a) A person...
Section 593.014. Epilepsy - Sec. 593.014. EPILEPSY. A person may not be denied admission...
Subchapter B. Application and Admission to Voluntary Intellectual Disability Services
Section 593.021. Application for Voluntary Services - Sec. 593.021. APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICES. (a) The proposed client...
Section 593.022. Admission to Voluntary Intellectual Disability Services - Sec. 593.022. ADMISSION TO VOLUNTARY INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES. (a) An...
Section 593.023. Rules Relating to Planning of Services or Treatment - Sec. 593.023. RULES RELATING TO PLANNING OF SERVICES OR TREATMENT....
Section 593.024. Application for Voluntary Residential Care Services - Sec. 593.024. APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTARY RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES. (a) An...
Section 593.025. Placement Preference - Sec. 593.025. PLACEMENT PREFERENCE. Preference for requested, voluntary placement in...
Section 593.026. Regular Voluntary Admission - Sec. 593.026. REGULAR VOLUNTARY ADMISSION. A regular voluntary admission is...
Section 593.027. Emergency Admission - Sec. 593.027. EMERGENCY ADMISSION. (a) An emergency admission to a...
Section 593.0275. Emergency Services - Sec. 593.0275. EMERGENCY SERVICES. (a) A person may receive emergency...
Section 593.028. Respite Care - Sec. 593.028. RESPITE CARE. (a) A person may be admitted...
Section 593.029. Treatment of Minor Who Reaches Majority - Sec. 593.029. TREATMENT OF MINOR WHO REACHES MAJORITY. When a...
Section 593.030. Withdrawal From Services - Sec. 593.030. WITHDRAWAL FROM SERVICES. A resident voluntarily admitted to...
Subchapter C. Commitment to Residential Care Facility
Section 593.041. Application for Placement; Jurisdiction - Sec. 593.041. APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT; JURISDICTION. (a) A proposed resident,...
Section 593.042. Form of Application - Sec. 593.042. FORM OF APPLICATION. (a) An application for commitment...
Section 593.043. Representation by Counsel; Appointment of Attorney - Sec. 593.043. REPRESENTATION BY COUNSEL; APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY. (a) The...
Section 593.044. Order for Protective Custody - Sec. 593.044. ORDER FOR PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. (a) The court in...
Section 593.045. Detention in Protective Custody - Sec. 593.045. DETENTION IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. (a) A person under...
Section 593.046. Release From Protective Custody - Sec. 593.046. RELEASE FROM PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. (a) The administrator of...
Section 593.047. Setting on Application - Sec. 593.047. SETTING ON APPLICATION. On the filing of an...
Section 593.048. Hearing Notice - Sec. 593.048. HEARING NOTICE. (a) Not later than the 11th...
Section 593.049. Hearing Before Jury; Procedure - Sec. 593.049. HEARING BEFORE JURY; PROCEDURE. (a) On request of...
Section 593.050. Conduct of Hearing - Sec. 593.050. CONDUCT OF HEARING. (a) The hearing must be...
Section 593.051. Dismissal After Hearing - Sec. 593.051. DISMISSAL AFTER HEARING. If long-term placement in a...
Section 593.052. Order for Commitment - Sec. 593.052. ORDER FOR COMMITMENT. (a) A proposed resident may...
Section 593.053. Decision - Sec. 593.053. DECISION. The court in each case shall promptly...
Section 593.054. Not a Judgment of Incompetence - Sec. 593.054. NOT A JUDGMENT OF INCOMPETENCE. An order for...
Section 593.055. Designation of Facility - Sec. 593.055. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY. If placement in a residential...
Section 593.056. Appeal - Sec. 593.056. APPEAL. (a) A party to a commitment proceeding...
Subchapter D. Fees
Section 593.071. Application of Subchapter - Sec. 593.071. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to...
Section 593.072. Inability to Pay - Sec. 593.072. INABILITY TO PAY. A resident may not be...
Section 593.073. Determination of Residential Costs - Sec. 593.073. DETERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL COSTS. The executive commissioner by...
Section 593.074. Maximum Fees - Sec. 593.074. MAXIMUM FEES. (a) Except as provided by this...
Section 593.075. Sliding Fee Schedule - Sec. 593.075. SLIDING FEE SCHEDULE. (a) The executive commissioner by...
Section 593.076. Fee Schedule for Divorced Parents - Sec. 593.076. FEE SCHEDULE FOR DIVORCED PARENTS. (a) If the...
Section 593.077. Child Support Payments for Benefit of Resident - Sec. 593.077. CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS FOR BENEFIT OF RESIDENT. (a)...
Section 593.078. Payment for Adult Residents - Sec. 593.078. PAYMENT FOR ADULT RESIDENTS. (a) A parent of...
Section 593.080. State Claims for Unpaid Fees - Sec. 593.080. STATE CLAIMS FOR UNPAID FEES. (a) Unpaid charges...
Section 593.081. Trust Exemption - Sec. 593.081. TRUST EXEMPTION. (a) If the resident is the...
Section 593.082. Filing of Claims - Sec. 593.082. FILING OF CLAIMS. (a) In this section: (1)...
Subchapter E. Admission and Commitment Under Prior Law
Section 593.091. Admission and Commitment - Sec. 593.091. ADMISSION AND COMMITMENT. A resident admitted or committed...
Section 593.092. Discharge of Person Voluntarily Admitted to Residential Care Facility - Sec. 593.092. DISCHARGE OF PERSON VOLUNTARILY ADMITTED TO RESIDENTIAL CARE...
Section 593.093. Reimbursement to County - Sec. 593.093. REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTY. (a) The state shall reimburse...