Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.178 · Subchapter G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMITMENT TO FEDERAL FACILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A court may order a person committed to a federal agency that operates a health care facility if the court receives written notice from the agency that facilities are available and that the person is eligible for care or treatment in the facility. The court may place the person in the agency's custody for transportation to the health care facility.
(b) A person admitted under court order to a health care facility operated by a federal agency, regardless of location, is subject to the agency's rules and regulations.
(c) The head of the health care facility has the same authority and responsibility with respect to the person as the head of a facility.
(d) The appropriate courts of this state retain jurisdiction to inquire at any time into the person's condition and the necessity of the person's continued commitment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0244, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 ba169d8f9cd00c39378f5cb9a908d888d04202fce5affaaaf99ac56f37412e99
- 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
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.