Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.084: REVOCATION OF FURLOUGH.

(a) A furlough may be revoked only after an administrative hearing held in accordance with department rules. The hearing must be held within 72 hours after the patient is returned to the facility.
(b) A hearing officer shall conduct the hearing. The hearing officer may be a mental health professional if the person is not directly involved in treating the patient.
(c) The hearing is informal and the patient is entitled to present information and argument.
(d) The hearing officer may revoke the furlough if the officer determines that the revocation is justified under Section 574.083(c).
(e) A hearing officer who revokes a furlough shall place in the patient's file:
(1) a written notation of the decision; and
(2) a written explanation of the reasons for the decision and the information on which the hearing officer relied.
(f) The patient shall be permitted to leave the facility under the furlough if the hearing officer determines that the furlough should not be revoked.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

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) A furlough may be revoked only after an administrative hearing held in accordance with department rules. The hearing must be held within 72 hours after the patient is returned to the facility.

(b) A hearing officer shall conduct the hearing. The hearing officer may be a mental health professional if the person is not directly involved in treating the patient.

(d) The hearing officer may revoke the furlough if the officer determines that the revocation is justified under Section 574.083(c).

(e) A hearing officer who revokes a furlough shall place in the patient's file:

(1) a written notation of the decision; and

(2) a written explanation of the reasons for the decision and the information on which the hearing officer relied.

(f) The patient shall be permitted to leave the facility under the furlough if the hearing officer determines that the furlough should not be revoked.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

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