{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.020","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.020","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTIES.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally causes, conspires with another to cause, or assists another to cause the unwarranted commitment of a person to a mental health facility.\n(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates a provision of this subtitle.\n(c) An individual who commits an offense under this section is subject on conviction to:\n(1) a fine of not less than $50 or more than $25,000 for each violation and each day of a continuing violation;\n(2) confinement in jail for not more than two years for each violation and each day of a continuing violation; or\n(3) both fine and confinement.\n(d) A person other than an individual who commits an offense under this section is subject on conviction to a fine of not less than $500 or more than $100,000 for each violation and each day of a continuing violation.\n(e) If it is shown on the trial of an individual that the individual has previously been convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable by:\n(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $50,000 for each violation and each day of a continuing violation;\n(2) confinement in jail for not more than four years for each violation and each day of a continuing violation; or\n(3) both fine and confinement.\n(f) If it is shown on the trial of a person other than an individual that the person previously has been convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $200,000 for each violation and each day of a continuing violation.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.45, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 3.10(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 571. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.571.htm#571.020","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a41b90c5eb10295ede6fc68aa4bdfda1c08cd9aad18a8c538040454e51ee9357","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.019","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-571.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}