Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.043 · Subchapter D. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENT
COMMITMENT TO FEDERAL FACILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A court may order a patient committed to a federal agency that operates a mental hospital if the court receives written notice from the agency that facilities are available and that the patient is eligible for care or treatment in a facility. The court may place the patient in the agency's custody for transportation to the mental hospital.
(b) A patient admitted under court order to a hospital operated by a federal agency, regardless of location, is subject to the agency's rules.
(c) The hospital administrator has the same authority and responsibility with respect to the patient as the facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility operated by the department.
(d) The appropriate courts of this state retain jurisdiction to inquire at any time into the patient's mental condition and the necessity of the patient's continued hospitalization.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 367, Sec. 12, 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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