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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 575.015: TRANSFER TO FEDERAL FACILITY.
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 575. ADMISSION AND TRANSFER PROCEDURES FOR INPATIENT SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER B. TRANSFER PROCEDURES
The department or the hospital administrator of a private mental hospital may transfer an involuntary patient to a federal agency if:
(1) the federal agency sends notice that facilities are available and that the patient is eligible for care or treatment in a facility;
(2) notice of the transfer is sent to the committing court; and
(3) the committing court enters an order approving the transfer.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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