{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-593.045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.045","heading":"DETENTION IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.","body":"(a) A person under a protective custody order may be detained for not more than 20 days after the date on which custody begins pending an order of the court.\n(b) A person under a protective custody order may not be detained in a nonmedical facility used to detain persons charged with or convicted of a crime, unless an extreme emergency exists and in no case for longer than 24 hours.\n(c) The county health authority shall ensure that the detained person receives proper care and medical attention pending removal to a residential care facility.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT","CHAPTER 593. ADMISSION AND COMMITMENT TO INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. COMMITMENT TO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.593.htm#593.045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"cd72d0de46f0d385be537c08812ba498d17f6c1d775094f4a5bb5458b04ca034","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-593.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-593.046"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}