Sec. 594.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) A client may not be transferred or discharged except as provided by this chapter and department rules. (b) This chapter does not apply to the: (1) transfer of a client for emergency medical, dental, or psychiatric care for not more than 30 consecutive days; (2) voluntary withdrawal of a client from intellectual disability services; or (3) discharge of a client by a director because the person is not a person with an intellectual disability according to the results of the determination of an intellectual disability. (c) A discharge under Subsection (b)(3) is without further hearings, unless an administrative hearing under Subchapter A , Chapter 593 , to contest the determination of an intellectual disability is requested.
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