Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 577A.102
Admission Criteria

A facility certified under this chapter may not admit or provide treatments or services to an individual unless the individual:

(1)

is 21 years of age or younger;

(2)

has been diagnosed with a severe emotional disturbance by a licensed mental health professional;

(3)

requires residential psychiatric treatment under the direction of a licensed physician to improve the individual’s condition; and

(4)

was referred for treatments or services in a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility by a licensed mental health professional.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 3121), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 577A.102 — Admission Criteria, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­577A.­htm#577A.­102 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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