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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.040: OPENING HEARING.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT
- CHAPTER 594. TRANSFER AND DISCHARGE
- SUBCHAPTER C. TRANSFER TO STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
The transfer hearing must be open to the public unless the court:
(1) finds that it is in the best interest of the resident to close the hearing; and
(2) obtains the consent of the resident, a parent of a resident who is a minor, the resident's guardian of the person, and the resident's legal representative to close the hearing.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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