Section 577A.102 - Admission Criteria A facility certified under this chapter may not admit or provide treatments or services to an individual unless the individual:
(1) is 21 years of age or younger;(2) has been diagnosed with a severe emotional disturbance by a licensed mental health professional;(3) requires residential psychiatric treatment under the direction of a licensed physician to improve the individual's condition; and(4) was referred for treatments or services in a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility by a licensed mental health professional.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.102
Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1032,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2021.