Sec. 576.026. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION. (a) A patient receiving inpatient mental health services under this subtitle is entitled to obtain at the patient's cost an independent psychiatric, psychological, or medical examination or evaluation by a psychiatrist, physician, or nonphysician mental health professional chosen by the patient. The facility administrator shall allow the patient to obtain the examination or evaluation at any reasonable time.
(b) If the patient is a minor, the minor and the minor's parent, legal guardian, or managing or possessory conservator is entitled to obtain the examination or evaluation. The cost of the examination or evaluation shall be billed by the professional who performed the examination or evaluation to the person responsible for payment of the minor's treatment as a cost of treatment.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.09, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle C - Texas Mental Health Code
Chapter 576 - Rights of Patients
Subchapter B. Rights Relating to Treatment
Section 576.021. General Rights Relating to Treatment
Section 576.022. Adequacy of Treatment
Section 576.023. Periodic Examination
Section 576.024. Use of Physical Restraint
Section 576.025. Administration of Psychoactive Medication