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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.044: COMMITMENT TO FACILITY OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE
- CHAPTER 574. COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER D. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENT
The court shall commit an inmate patient to an inpatient mental health facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the court enters an order requiring temporary mental health services for the inmate patient under an application filed by a psychiatrist under Section 501.057, Government Code.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.50, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.109, eff. September 1, 2009.
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