Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 594.019
Alternative Services


(a)

The department shall provide appropriate alternative or follow-up supportive services consistent with available resources by agreement among the department, the local intellectual and developmental disability authority in the area in which the client will reside, and the client, parent of a client who is a minor, or guardian of the person. The services shall be consistent with the rights guaranteed in Chapter 592 (Rights of Persons with an Intellectual Disability).

(b)

Placement in a residential care facility, other than by transfer from another residential care facility, may be made only as provided by Subchapters B (Application for Voluntary Services) and C, Chapter 593 (Admission and Commitment to Intellectual Disability Services).
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1461, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 594.019 — Alternative Services, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­594.­htm#594.­019 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 594.019’s source at texas​.gov