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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.006

EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT POWERS

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.006, EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT POWERS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/674589
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(a) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the proper and efficient treatment of persons with mental illness. (b) The department may: (1) prescribe the form and content of applications, certificates, records, and reports provided for under this subtitle; (2) require reports from a facility administrator relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient; (3) regularly visit each mental health facility to review the commitment procedure for each new patient admitted after the last visit; and (4) visit a mental health facility to investigate a complaint made by a patient or by a person on behalf of a patient.