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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.006

DISCRIMINATION RELATING TO EXECUTION OF DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.006, DISCRIMINATION RELATING TO EXECUTION OF DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/633339
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A health or residential care provider, health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital service plan may not: (1) charge a person a different rate solely because the person has executed a declaration for mental health treatment; (2) require a person to execute a declaration for mental health treatment before: (A) admitting the person to a hospital, nursing home, or residential care home; (B) insuring the person; or (C) allowing the person to receive health or residential care; (3) refuse health or residential care to a person solely because the person has executed a declaration for mental health treatment; or (4) discharge the person solely because the person has or has not executed a declaration for mental health treatment.