Tex. Health & Safety Code § 575.001 · Subchapter A. ADMISSION PROCEDURES
AUTHORIZATION FOR ADMISSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility may admit and detain a patient under the procedures prescribed by this subtitle.
(b) The facility administrator of an inpatient mental health facility operated by a community center or other entity the department designates to provide mental health services may not admit or detain a patient under an order for temporary or extended court-ordered mental health services unless the facility is licensed under Chapter 577.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.575.htm
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