Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.0066
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INFORMATION
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.0066, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INFORMATION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/674591
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(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require a mental health facility that admits a patient under this subtitle to provide to the patient in the patient's primary language, if possible, information relating to prescription medications ordered by the patient's treating physician.
(b) At a minimum, the required information must:
(1) identify the major types of prescription medications; and
(2) specify for each major type:
(A) the conditions the medications are commonly used to treat;
(B) the beneficial effects on those conditions generally expected from the medications;
(C) side effects and risks associated with the medications;
(D) commonly used examples of medications of the major type; and
(E) sources of detailed information concerning a particular medication.
(c) The facility shall also provide the information to the patient's family on request, but only to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal confidentiality laws.