Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.032
TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.032, TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/675006
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(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.