Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 552.202 - Patient's Right To Essential Caregiver Visits(a) A patient, the patient's guardian, or the patient's legally authorized representative has the right to designate an essential caregiver with whom a state hospital may not prohibit in-person visitation. (b) If a patient is a minor, the patient's parent, guardian, or managing conservator may designate both of the minor patient's parents as essential caregivers under Subsection (a). Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.202
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1038,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.