Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 46B.074 · Subchapter D. PROCEDURES AFTER DETERMINATION OF INCOMPETENCY
COMPETENT TESTIMONY REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A defendant may be committed to a jail-based competency restoration program, mental health facility, or residential care facility under this subchapter only on competent medical or psychiatric testimony provided by an expert qualified under Article 46B.022.
(b) The court may allow an expert to substitute the expert's report under Article 46B.025 for any testimony by the expert that may be required under this article.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 324 (S.B. 679), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 748 (S.B. 1326), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2017.
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