Tex. Gov't Code § 501.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL WELFARE PROVISIONS
EMERGENCY ABSENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The institutional division may grant an emergency absence under escort to an inmate so that the inmate may:
(1) obtain a medical diagnosis or medical treatment;
(2) obtain treatment and supervision at a facility operated by the Health and Human Services Commission; or
(3) attend a funeral or visit a critically ill relative.
(b) The institutional division shall adopt policies for the administration of the emergency absence under escort program.
(c) An inmate absent under this section is considered to be in the custody of the institutional division, and the inmate must be under physical guard while absent.
(d) The institutional division may not grant a furlough to an inmate convicted of an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 500.006 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 10, Sec. 7, eff. March 19, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.074, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 657, Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 9, eff. Jan. 28, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 5.11, eff. September 1, 2023.
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