{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.176","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.176","heading":"DESIGNATION OF FACILITY.","body":"In a court order for the temporary or extended management of a person with a communicable disease specifying inpatient care, the court shall commit the person to a health care facility designated by the commissioner or a health authority in accordance with Section 81.159.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 14.13, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER G. COURT ORDERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.176","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"263f54fa6bd0b9b5c6c0790281b7201e3fb17881d71cc1d822110e2350cc6b47","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.175","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.177"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}