Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.005 · Subchapter A. APPLICATION FOR COMMITMENT AND PREHEARING PROCEDURES
SETTING ON APPLICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The judge or a magistrate designated under Section 574.021(e) shall set a date for a hearing to be held within 14 days after the date on which the application is filed.
(b) The hearing may not be held during the first three days after the application is filed if the proposed patient or the proposed patient's attorney objects.
(c) The court may grant one or more continuances of the hearing on the motion by a party and for good cause shown or on agreement of the parties. However, the hearing shall be held not later than the 30th day after the date on which the original application is filed. If extremely hazardous weather conditions exist or a disaster occurs that threatens the safety of the proposed patient or other essential parties to the hearing, the judge or magistrate may, by written order made each day, postpone the hearing for 24 hours. The written order must declare that an emergency exists because of the weather or the occurrence of a disaster.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, 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.574.htm
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- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.65PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE COURT FOR CHILD WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.Printed as Sections 574.005 and 574.006, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.66PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE COURT FOR CHILD FOUND UNFIT TO PROCEED OR LACKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS.Printed as Sections 574.005 and 574.006, Health and Safety Code
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