Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 242.505 — PRESCRIPTION OF PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION
HS § 242.505Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS · Art. L. RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Medication-related emergency" means a situation in which it is immediately necessary to administer medication to a resident to prevent:
(A)imminent probable death or substantial bodily harm to the resident; or
(B)imminent physical or emotional harm to another because of threats, attempts, or other acts the resident overtly or continually makes or commits.
(2)"Psychoactive medication" means a medication that is prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of psychosis or other severe mental or emotional disorders and that is used to exercise an effect on the central nervous system to influence and modify behavior, cognition, or affective state when treating the symptoms of mental illness. The term includes the following categories when used as described by this subdivision:
(A)antipsychotics or neuroleptics;
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1095 (H.B. 2050), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.