Sec. 164.002. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to safeguard the public against fraud, deceit, and misleading marketing practices and to foster and encourage competition and fair dealing by mental health facilities and chemical dependency treatment facilities by prohibiting or restricting practices by which the public has been injured in connection with the marketing and advertising of mental health services and the admission of patients. Nothing in this chapter should be construed to prohibit a mental health facility from advertising its services in a general way or promoting its specialized services. However, the public should be able to distinguish between the marketing activities of the facility and its clinical functions.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions
Chapter 164 - Treatment Facilities Marketing and Admission Practices
Section 164.002. Legislative Purpose
Section 164.005. Conditioning Employee or Agent Relationships on Patient Revenue
Section 164.006. Soliciting and Contracting With Certain Referral Sources
Section 164.007. Qualified Mental Health Referral Service: Definition and Standards
Section 164.008. Operating an Intervention and Assessment Service
Section 164.009. Disclosures and Representations
Section 164.010. Prohibited Acts