{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.197","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.197","heading":"CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE.","body":"Before a person is discharged under Section 81.195 or 81.196, the health authority or department shall prepare a discharge certificate, file it with the court that entered the order, and notify the head of the facility.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","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#81.197","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e96d6b457b823ddb09d38f0fc356f5511035c68d0253d9a0a617c54073819583","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.196","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.198"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}