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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 592.017

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

Each person with an intellectual disability has the right to receive for the person’s intellectual disability adequate treatment and habilitative services that:
(1) are suited to the person’s individual needs;
(2) maximize the person’s capabilities;
(3) enhance the person’s ability to cope with the person’s environment; and
(4) are administered skillfully, safely, and humanely with full respect for the dignity and personal integrity of the person.