Tex. Gov't Code § 125.002 · Chapter 125. MENTAL HEALTH COURT PROGRAMS
AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The commissioners court of a county may establish a mental health court program for persons who:
(1) have been arrested for or charged with a misdemeanor or felony; and
(2) are suspected by a law enforcement agency or a court of having a mental illness or an intellectual disability.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1120, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1130 (H.B. 2518), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 616 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 747 (S.B. 462), Sec. 1.06, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 5.04, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.125.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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