SECTION 404.151. Purpose

The purpose of this subchapter is:

(1) to provide to persons receiving mental health services:

(A) a listing of the specific rights guaranteed to them;

(B) the assurance that these rights must and will be made known to them, and, when applicable, to the persons having legal responsibility for them (i.e., parent of a minor, managing conservator, legal guardian of the person, limited legal guardian of the person); and

(C) assistance in exercising their rights in a manner which does not conflict with the rights of other persons;

(2) to require the development of rights handbooks and their distribution to persons receiving mental health services and, when applicable, to the persons with legal responsibility for them and other interested parties;

(3) to require the appointment of a rights protection officer at each department facility and community MHMR center which provides mental health services; and

(4) to ensure that department facility, community center, and psychiatric hospital employees are aware of the rights of persons receiving mental health services.

Source Note: The provisions of this §404.151 adopted to be effective December 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 8790