{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.101","heading":"ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS.","body":"The inspector general shall employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of assisting a state or local law enforcement agency in the investigation of an alleged criminal offense involving a patient of a state hospital. A peace officer employed and commissioned by the inspector general is a peace officer for purposes of Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 395 (S.B. 152), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.124, eff. January 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES","CHAPTER 552. STATE HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER D. INSPECTOR GENERAL DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.552.htm#552.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5c1eaa2dff762fe306cc74106b0c91a8b7247b4765b602a14e4153f455653685","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-552.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}