Texas § HS.81.185 - APPREHENSION AND RELEASE UNDER ORDER FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION
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§ HS.81.185. APPREHENSION AND RELEASE UNDER ORDER FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION
APPREHENSION AND RELEASE UNDER ORDER FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION. (a) The order for temporary detention shall direct a peace officer, including a sheriff or constable, to take the person into custody and immediately transport the person to an appropriate inpatient health care facility. The person shall be transported to a facility considered suitable by the health authority if an appropriate inpatient health care facility is not available. (b) A person may be detained under a temporary detention order for not longer than 72 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and the period prescribed by Section 81.165 (b) for an extreme weather emergency. (c) A facility head shall immediately release a person held under an order for temporary detention if the facility head does not receive notice that a modification hearing was held within the time prescribed by Subsection (b) at which the patient's continued detention was authorized. (d) A person released from custody under Subsection (c) continues to be subject to the terms of the outpatient orders for the management of the person issued before the order for temporary detention, if the orders have not expired. (e) The order for temporary detention may direct an emergency medical services provider to provide an ambulance and staff to immediately transport the person who is the subject of the order to an appropriate inpatient health care facility designated by the order or other suitable facility. The provider may seek reimbursement for the costs of the transport from any appropriate source. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 314 (H.B. 1690 ), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2013.
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