Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.199 · Subchapter G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
TRANSFER TO FEDERAL FACILITY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The health authority or department may authorize the head of a health care facility to transfer a person to a federal agency if:
(1) the federal agency sends notice that facilities are available and that the patient is eligible for care or treatment in the facility;
(2) notice of the transfer is sent to the committing court; and
(3) the committing court enters an order approving the transfer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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.81.htm
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- 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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