Tex. Health & Safety Code § 594.042 · Subchapter C. TRANSFER TO STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
HEARING DETERMINATION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The court by order shall approve the transfer of the resident to a state mental hospital if the court or jury determines that the resident:
(1) is a person with mental illness; and
(2) requires a transfer to a state mental hospital for treatment for the resident's own welfare and protection or for the protection of others.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.594.htm
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- sha256 1960f5437a77b5c6315f0cff774a83ed883555322792811229b0ecb3e3a3e757
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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