Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.045
RETURN OF COURT-ORDERED TRANSFER RESIDENT
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.045, RETURN OF COURT-ORDERED TRANSFER RESIDENT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/675019
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(a) If a resident has been transferred to a state mental hospital under a court order under this subchapter, the hospital administrator of the state mental hospital shall:
(1) send a certificate to the committing court stating that the resident does not require hospitalization in a state mental hospital but requires care in a residential care facility because of the resident's intellectual disability; and
(2) request that the resident be transferred to a residential care facility.
(b) The transfer may be made only if the judge of the committing court approves the transfer as provided by Section 575.013.