{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-574.088","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.088","heading":"RELIEF FROM DISABILITIES IN MENTAL HEALTH CASES.","body":"(a) A person who is furloughed or discharged from court-ordered mental health services may petition the court that entered the commitment order for an order stating that the person qualifies for relief from a firearms disability.\n(b) In determining whether to grant relief, the court must hear and consider evidence about:\n(1) the circumstances that led to imposition of the firearms disability under 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(4);\n(2) the person's mental history;\n(3) the person's criminal history; and\n(4) the person's reputation.\n(c) A court may not grant relief unless it makes and enters in the record the following affirmative findings:\n(1) the person is no longer likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety; and\n(2) removing the person's disability to purchase a firearm is in the public interest.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (H.B. 3352), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 574. COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER F. FURLOUGH, DISCHARGE, AND TERMINATION OF COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.574.htm#574.088","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"0dd3f82867e5c884478abbdd450b3f8e4cf2a6c6c34760d0d716526a63153fdf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-574.087","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-574.089"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}