Tex. Health & Safety Code § 573.023 · Subchapter C. EMERGENCY DETENTION, RELEASE, AND RIGHTS
RELEASE FROM EMERGENCY DETENTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person apprehended by a peace officer or transported for emergency detention under Subchapter A or detained under Subchapter B shall be released on completion of the preliminary examination unless the person is admitted to a facility under Section 573.022.
(b) A person admitted to a facility under Section 573.022 shall be released if the facility administrator determines at any time during the emergency detention period that one of the criteria prescribed by Section 573.022(a)(2) no longer applies.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 692, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1369, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.573.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 573.023. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 573.024TRANSPORTATION AFTER RELEASE.Printed as Section 573.023
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 573.025RIGHTS OF PERSONS APPREHENDED, DETAINED, OR TRANSPORTED FOR EMERGENCY DETENTION.Printed as Section 573.023
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.151APPLICABILITY.Printed as Section 573.023 or 574.028
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