{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.032","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.032","heading":"TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT.","body":"(a) The director may transfer a resident committed to a residential care facility under Subchapter C, Chapter 593, to a state mental hospital for mental health care if:\n(1) an examination of the resident by a licensed physician indicates symptoms of mental illness to the extent that care, treatment, and rehabilitation in a state mental hospital is in the best interest of the resident;\n(2) the hospital administrator of the state mental hospital to which the resident is to be transferred agrees to the transfer; and\n(3) the director coordinates the transfer with the hospital administrator of the state mental hospital.\n(b) A resident transferred from a residential care facility to a state mental hospital may not remain in the hospital for longer than 30 consecutive days unless the transfer is authorized by a court order under this subchapter.\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. 3.1463, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE D. PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT","CHAPTER 594. TRANSFER AND DISCHARGE","SUBCHAPTER C. TRANSFER TO STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.594.htm#594.032","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"6dd245da52def6a32f00836ba05aa96474d526d2edf2751c2c1de671879fe179","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.031","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.033"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}