Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.089 · Subchapter F. FURLOUGH, DISCHARGE, AND TERMINATION OF COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR FURLOUGH OR DISCHARGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The facility administrator of a mental health facility, in conjunction with the local mental health authority, shall create a transportation plan for a person scheduled to be furloughed or discharged from the facility.
(b) The transportation plan must account for the capacity of the person, must be in writing, and must specify:
(1) who is responsible for transporting the person;
(2) when the person will be transported; and
(3) where the person will arrive.
(c) If the person consents, the facility administrator shall forward the transportation plan to a family member of the person before the person is transported.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1020 (H.B. 4276), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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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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