{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-462.080","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.080","heading":"RELEASE FROM COURT-ORDERED TREATMENT.","body":"(a) The administrator of a facility to which a person has been committed for treatment shall discharge the person when the court order expires.\n(b) The administrator may discharge a patient before the court order expires if the administrator or physician treating the patient determines that the patient no longer meets the criteria for court-ordered treatment.\n(c) The administrator of a facility to which the patient has been committed for inpatient services shall consider before discharging the patient whether the patient should receive outpatient court-ordered care or services in accordance with:\n(1) a furlough under Section 462.077; or\n(2) a modified order under Section 462.073 that directs the patient to participate in outpatient treatment.\n(d) A discharge terminates the court order, and the person discharged may not be compelled to submit to involuntary treatment unless a new order is issued in accordance with this subchapter.\n(e) When a person is discharged under this section, the administrator shall prepare a certificate of discharge and file it with the court that issued the order.\nAmended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 175, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 171), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE B. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 462. TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH CHEMICAL DEPENDENCIES","SUBCHAPTER D. COURT-ORDERED TREATMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.462.htm#462.080","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"dbede87e0ae5a323b507bdb706d0bfa0c6a36cadc3c1417bdc08020111922c55","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-462.079","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-462.081"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}