Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.044 · Subchapter D. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENT
COMMITMENT TO FACILITY OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The court shall commit an inmate patient to an inpatient mental health facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the court enters an order requiring temporary mental health services for the inmate patient under an application filed by a psychiatrist under Section 501.057, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.50, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.109, eff. September 1, 2009.
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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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