Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46B.027 · Subchapter B. EXAMINATION
COMPENSATION OF EXPERTS; REIMBURSEMENT OF FACILITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For any appointment under this chapter, the county in which the indictment was returned or information was filed shall pay for services described by Articles 46B.021(a)(1) and (2). If those services are provided by an expert who is an employee of the local mental health authority or local intellectual and developmental disability authority, the county shall pay the authority for the services.
(b) The county in which the indictment was returned or information was filed shall reimburse a facility that accepts a defendant for examination under this chapter for expenses incurred that are reasonably necessary and incidental to the proper examination of the defendant.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 6.010, eff. April 2, 2015.
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