Tex. Health & Safety Code § 263.084 · Subchapter D. SUPERINTENDENT
DISCHARGE OF PATIENTS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The superintendent shall temporarily or permanently discharge a patient from the hospital if the patient:
(1) is not sick or injured or recovers from the sickness or injury;
(2) wilfully or habitually violates hospital rules; or
(3) is not suitable for treatment for any other reason.
(b) The superintendent shall make a full report of a discharge of a patient from the hospital at the next meeting of the board of managers after the discharge.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.263.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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