Tex. Health & Safety Code § 572.0051 · Chapter 572. VOLUNTARY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENT TO ANOTHER STATE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may not transport a patient to a mental health facility in another state for inpatient mental health services under this chapter unless transportation to that facility is authorized by a court order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 718), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.572.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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