{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.041","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.041","heading":"MEDICAL EVIDENCE.","body":"(a) At least two physicians, at least one of whom must be a psychiatrist, must testify at the transfer hearing. The physicians must have examined the resident not earlier than the 15th day before the date set for the hearing.\n(b) A person may not be transferred to a state mental hospital except on competent medical or psychiatric testimony.\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. 3.1465, 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#594.041","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"0e31478afc9512a91a0f3eaabcbc998b4e0c8676795916d0976c1893145faac6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.040","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.042"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}