Tex. Health & Safety Code § 89.101 · Subchapter E. CONTINUITY OF CARE
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Corrections facility" means:
(A) a jail or community corrections facility, without regard to whether the jail or facility satisfies the requirements of Section 89.002;
(B) any correctional facility operated by or under contract with a division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or
(C) a detention facility operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
(2) "Offender" means a juvenile or adult who is arrested or charged with a criminal offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 348, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0313, eff. April 2, 2015.
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.89.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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