Tex. Health & Safety Code § 594.045 · Subchapter C. TRANSFER TO STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
RETURN OF COURT-ORDERED TRANSFER RESIDENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a resident has been transferred to a state mental hospital under a court order under this subchapter, the hospital administrator of the state mental hospital shall:
(1) send a certificate to the committing court stating that the resident does not require hospitalization in a state mental hospital but requires care in a residential care facility because of the resident's intellectual disability; and
(2) request that the resident be transferred to a residential care facility.
(b) The transfer may be made only if the judge of the committing court approves the transfer as provided by Section 575.013.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1468, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.594.htm
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