{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.068","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 501.068","heading":"MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN INMATES.","body":"(a) Before the department may confine an inmate in administrative segregation, an appropriate medical or mental health care professional must perform a mental health assessment of the inmate.\n(b) The department may not confine an inmate in administrative segregation if the assessment performed under Subsection (a) indicates that type of confinement is not appropriate for the inmate's medical or mental health.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 1083), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 501. INMATE WELFARE","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.501.htm#501.068","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"80e1b0f6cf72f21aee0de73a3dec1c6f93093d2e860ce0579721cf7032182591","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.0675","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.069"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}