{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-575.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 575.017","heading":"TRANSFER OF RECORDS.","body":"The facility administrator of the transferring inpatient mental health facility shall send the patient's appropriate hospital records, or a copy of the records, to the hospital or facility administrator of the mental hospital or state supported living center to which the patient is transferred.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1389, eff. April 2, 2015.","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#575.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"f30b14a18e67dc411b47434b2fbc5e1958ca028dfc96a181509769c6bd62c78e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-575.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-576.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}