Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.211 · Subchapter G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
FILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN COURT ORDERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In the case of a person who is not a resident of this state and who may be admitted to a public health hospital in accordance with Section 13.046, the attorney general, at the request of the department, shall file a copy of an order issued by a court of another state that authorizes the commitment of the person to a health care facility for inpatient care in the manner provided by Chapter 35, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, for enforcement of foreign judgments.
(b) The application must be filed with the district court in the county in which the public health hospital to which the person will be admitted is located.
(c) A filed foreign court order that authorizes the commitment of a person to a health care facility for inpatient care may be enforced in the same manner as a court order of the court in which it is filed.
(d) A foreign court order that authorizes the commitment of a person to a health care facility for inpatient care is subject to the contractual agreement with the foreign state entered into under Section 13.046.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0245, eff. April 2, 2015.
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