Tex. Health & Safety Code § 462.047 · Subchapter C. EMERGENCY DETENTION
RELEASE FROM EMERGENCY DETENTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person detained under this subchapter shall be released if the facility administrator or the administrator's designee determines at any time during the emergency detention period that one of the criteria prescribed by Section 462.043(b) no longer applies.
(b) If a person is released from emergency detention and is not arrested and does not object, arrangements shall be made to return the person to the location of apprehension or other suitable place.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 175, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.462.htm
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