{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-841.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.202","heading":"ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO COMMITTED PERSON.","body":"A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to a committed person who refuses to take the medication voluntarily unless:\n(1) the committed person is having a medication-related emergency; or\n(2) the committed person is under an order issued under Section 841.205 authorizing the administration of medication regardless of the committed person's refusal.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 11. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS","CHAPTER 841. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS","SUBCHAPTER I. ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN MEDICATION TO CERTAIN SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.841.htm#841.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"be481882cde54fb3dcb07b5ac86feb71d01077cac6ffc8c3f880059e1b1d001c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-841.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-841.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}