{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-572.0051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 572.0051","heading":"TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENT TO ANOTHER STATE.","body":"A person may not transport a patient to a mental health facility in another state for inpatient mental health services under this chapter unless transportation to that facility is authorized by a court order.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 718), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 572. VOLUNTARY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.572.htm#572.0051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f3747bdbc762e050b41d420d9ca735b5387bcc2fd25e0ac2104b281ed20562aa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-572.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-573.0001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}