Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 551.025
Duty to Report Missing Patient or Client


If a person receiving inpatient intellectual disability services or court-ordered inpatient mental health services leaves a department facility without notifying the facility or without the facility’s consent, the facility director or superintendent shall immediately report the person as a missing person to an appropriate law enforcement agency in the area in which the facility is located.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1337, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 551.025 — Duty to Report Missing Patient or Client, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­551.­htm#551.­025 (accessed May 4, 2024).

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 551.025’s source at texas​.gov