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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.101: ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES
- CHAPTER 552. STATE HOSPITALS
- SUBCHAPTER D. INSPECTOR GENERAL DUTIES
The inspector general shall employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of assisting a state or local law enforcement agency in the investigation of an alleged criminal offense involving a patient of a state hospital. A peace officer employed and commissioned by the inspector general is a peace officer for purposes of Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 395 (S.B. 152), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.124, eff. January 1, 2025.
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