Tex. Health & Safety Code § 593.045 · Subchapter C. COMMITMENT TO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY
DETENTION IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person under a protective custody order may be detained for not more than 20 days after the date on which custody begins pending an order of the court.
(b) A person under a protective custody order may not be detained in a nonmedical facility used to detain persons charged with or convicted of a crime, unless an extreme emergency exists and in no case for longer than 24 hours.
(c) The county health authority shall ensure that the detained person receives proper care and medical attention pending removal to a residential care facility.
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.593.htm
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