{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-841.1461","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.1461","heading":"CERTAIN EXPERT TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED FOR CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.","body":"A person who suffers from a behavioral abnormality as determined under this chapter is not because of that abnormality a person of unsound mind for purposes of Section 15-a, Article I, Texas Constitution.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 11. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS","CHAPTER 841. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS","SUBCHAPTER H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.841.htm#841.1461","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5a81730ffc9b1057c65e6b698cc1d6ea43f2c46784277c8c368c142409bb7136","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-841.146","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-841.1462"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}