{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-593.046","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.046","heading":"RELEASE FROM PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.","body":"(a) The administrator of a facility in which a person is held in protective custody shall discharge the person not later than the 20th day after the date on which custody begins if the court that issued the protective custody order has not issued further detention orders.\n(b) A facility administrator who believes that the person is a danger to himself or others shall immediately notify the court that issued the protective custody order of this belief.\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#593.046","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"6eeae46434dc511e5aed41e5b7d8584fa86b5f170efedd9ddeaa3a6bff4476bf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-593.045","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-593.047"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}