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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.082: PASS OR FURLOUGH FROM INPATIENT CARE.
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 F. FURLOUGH, DISCHARGE, AND TERMINATION OF COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
(a) The facility administrator may permit a patient admitted to the facility under an order for temporary or extended inpatient mental health services to leave the facility under a pass or furlough.
(b) A pass authorizes the patient to leave the facility for not more than 72 hours. A furlough authorizes the patient to leave for a longer period.
(c) The pass or furlough may be subject to specified conditions.
(d) When a patient is furloughed, the facility administrator shall notify the court that issued the commitment order.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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