Texas § HS.574.065 - ORDER OF MODIFICATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES
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§ HS.574.065. ORDER OF MODIFICATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES
ORDER OF MODIFICATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. (a) The court may modify an order for outpatient services at the modification hearing if the court determines that the patient meets the applicable criteria for court-ordered inpatient mental health services prescribed by Section 574.034 (a) or 574.035 (a). (b) The court may refuse to modify the order and may direct the patient to continue to participate in outpatient mental health services in accordance with the original order even if the criteria prescribed by Subsection (a) have been met. (c) The court's decision to modify an order must be supported by at least one certificate of medical examination for mental illness signed by a physician who examined the patient not earlier than the seventh day before the date on which the hearing is held. (d) A modification may include: (1) incorporating in the order a revised treatment program and providing for continued outpatient mental health services under the modified order, if a revised general program of treatment was submitted to and accepted by the court; or (2) providing for commitment to an inpatient mental health facility. (e) A court may not extend the provision of mental health services beyond the period prescribed in the original order. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 744, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1170 (S.B. 646 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.
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