{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.044","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.044","heading":"TRANSFER TO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Section 594.045, a resident who is transferred to a state mental hospital and no longer requires treatment in a state mental hospital but requires treatment in a residential care facility shall be returned to the residential care facility from which the resident was transferred.\n(b) The hospital administrator of the state mental hospital shall notify the director of the facility from which the resident was transferred that hospitalization in a state mental hospital is not necessary or appropriate for the resident. The director shall immediately provide for the return of the resident to the facility.\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. 3.1466, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1467, 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#594.044","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"133400e06eafc1f8963fa7142fc0bd4f62c1a6b98092a690dc846a174d60dc8d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-594.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}