Tex. Health & Safety Code § 462.072 · Subchapter D. COURT-ORDERED TREATMENT
MODIFICATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The court may modify an order for outpatient services at the modification hearing if the court determines that the patient continues to meet the applicable criteria for court-ordered treatment prescribed by this chapter and that:
(1) the patient has not complied with the court's order; or
(2) the patient's condition has deteriorated to the extent that outpatient care or services are no longer appropriate.
(b) A court may refuse to modify the order and may direct the patient to continue to participate in outpatient care or treatment in accordance with the original order even if the criteria prescribed by Subsection (a) have been met.
(c) The court's decision to modify an order must be supported by at least one certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency signed by a physician who examined the patient not earlier than the seventh day before the date the hearing is held.
(d) A modification may include:
(1) incorporating in the order a revised treatment program and providing for continued outpatient care or treatment under the modified order, if a revised general program of treatment was submitted to and accepted by the court; or
(2) providing for commitment to an approved treatment facility for inpatient care.
(e) A court may not extend the provision of court-ordered treatment beyond the period prescribed in the original order.
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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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.462.htm
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