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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 551.025

DUTY TO REPORT MISSING PATIENT OR CLIENT

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 551.025, DUTY TO REPORT MISSING PATIENT OR CLIENT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/674487
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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.