Texas § HS.594.032 - TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT
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§ HS.594.032. TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT
TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT. (a) The director may transfer a resident committed to a residential care facility under Subchapter C , Chapter 593 , to a state mental hospital for mental health care if: (1) an examination of the resident by a licensed physician indicates symptoms of mental illness to the extent that care, treatment, and rehabilitation in a state mental hospital is in the best interest of the resident; (2) the hospital administrator of the state mental hospital to which the resident is to be transferred agrees to the transfer; and (3) the director coordinates the transfer with the hospital administrator of the state mental hospital. (b) A resident transferred from a residential care facility to a state mental hospital may not remain in the hospital for longer than 30 consecutive days unless the transfer is authorized by a court order under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1463, eff. April 2, 2015.
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