Tex. Health & Safety Code § 571.004

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 571.004 - Least Restrictive Appropriate Setting

The least restrictive appropriate setting for the treatment of a patient is the treatment setting that:

(1) is available;

(2) provides the patient with the greatest probability of improvement or cure; and

(3) is no more restrictive of the patient's physical or social liberties than is necessary to provide the patient with the most effective treatment and to protect adequately against any danger the patient poses to himself or others.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.004

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1991.