Health and Safety Code § 571.0066

Sec. 571.0066. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INFORMATION. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require a mental health facility that admits a patient under this subtitle to provide to the patient in the patient's primary language, if possible, information relating to prescription medications ordered by the patient's treating physician. (b) At a minimum, the required information must: (1) identify the major types of prescription medications; and (2) specify for each major type: (A) the conditions the medications are commonly used to treat; (B) the beneficial effects on those conditions generally expected from the medications; (C) side effects and risks associated with the medications; (D) commonly used examples of medications of the major type; and (E) sources of detailed information concerning a particular medication. (c) The facility shall also provide the information to the patient's family on request, but only to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal confidentiality laws. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.01, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Renumbered from Health & Safety Code Sec. 571.0065 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(32), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1358, eff. April 2, 2015.