Tex. Health & Safety Code § 574.108 · Subchapter G. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO PATIENT UNDER COURT ORDER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
APPEAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A patient may appeal an order under this subchapter in the manner provided by Section 574.070 for an appeal of an order requiring court-ordered mental health services.
(b) An order authorizing the administration of medication regardless of the refusal of the patient is effective pending an appeal of the order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.08, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Renumbered from Health & Safety Code Sec. 574.107 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 13, eff. June 16, 1995.
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