{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-13.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.004","heading":"TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.","body":"(a) The department or the Department of Aging and Disability Services, as appropriate, may transfer a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability who is infected with tuberculosis to a public health hospital as defined by Section 13.033.\n(b) The person may be transferred without that person's consent.\n(c) The cost of maintaining and treating the person at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease shall be paid from appropriations to that hospital.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0051, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0052, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES","CHAPTER 13. DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS AND RESPIRATORY FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. CARE AND TREATMENT IN DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.13.htm#13.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"4a0d677c4e6245d85348d354476d5d811b1a44387bed9055e5f22babb077bf9b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-13.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-13.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}