Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.012 · Subchapter A. APPLICATION FOR COMMITMENT AND PREHEARING PROCEDURES
RECOMMENDATION FOR TREATMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The local mental health authority in the county in which an application is filed shall file with the court a recommendation for the most appropriate treatment alternative for the proposed patient.
(b) The court shall direct the local mental health authority to file, before the date set for the hearing, its recommendation for the proposed patient's treatment.
(c) If outpatient treatment is recommended, the local mental health authority will also file a statement as to whether the proposed mental health services are available.
(d) The hearing on an application may not be held before the recommendation for treatment is filed unless the court determines that an emergency exists.
(e) This section does not relieve a county of its responsibility under other provisions of this subtitle to diagnose, care for, or treat persons with mental illness.
(f) This section does not apply to a person for whom treatment in a private mental health facility is proposed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 744, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 367, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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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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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.012. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.65PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE COURT FOR CHILD WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.Printed as Section 574.012, 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 Section 574.012, Health and Safety Code
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