Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.157
FINDING THAT CLIENT PRESENTS A DANGER
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.157, FINDING THAT CLIENT PRESENTS A DANGER, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/674922
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In making a finding under Section 592.156(b)(2) that, as a result of a mental disorder or mental defect, the client presents a danger to the client or others in the residential care facility in which the client is being treated or in the correctional facility, as applicable, the court shall consider:
(1) an assessment of the client's present mental condition; and
(2) whether the client has inflicted, attempted to inflict, or made a serious threat of inflicting substantial physical harm to the client's self or to another while in the facility.