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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.089: TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR FURLOUGH OR DISCHARGE.
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 of a mental health facility, in conjunction with the local mental health authority, shall create a transportation plan for a person scheduled to be furloughed or discharged from the facility.
(b) The transportation plan must account for the capacity of the person, must be in writing, and must specify:
(1) who is responsible for transporting the person;
(2) when the person will be transported; and
(3) where the person will arrive.
(c) If the person consents, the facility administrator shall forward the transportation plan to a family member of the person before the person is transported.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1020 (H.B. 4276), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
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