{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-575.016","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 575.016","heading":"TRANSFER FROM FACILITY OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.","body":"(a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer a patient committed to an inpatient mental health facility under Section 574.044 to a noncorrectional mental health facility on the day the inmate is released on parole or mandatory supervision.\n(b) A patient transferred to a department mental health facility shall be transferred as prescribed by Section 575.011 or 575.012 to the facility that serves the location to which the patient is released on parole or mandatory supervision.\n(c) The mental health facility to which a patient is transferred under this section is solely responsible for the patient's treatment.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.110, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.111, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 575. ADMISSION AND TRANSFER PROCEDURES FOR INPATIENT SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B. TRANSFER PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.575.htm#575.016","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"75b6b0db18dc1272e05d937f78063ec37cc972221bd0ec28bdd27d2f3ed4a73a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-575.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-575.017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}