The purpose of this subchapter is:

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

   1. (A) a listing of the specific rights guaranteed to them;
   2. (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
   3. (C) assistance in exercising their rights in a manner which does not conflict with the rights of other persons;
2. (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. (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. (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 §320.1 adopted to be effective December 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 8790; transferred effective November 29, 2024, as published in the November 1, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 8747.