TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR JUDGES AND ATTORNEYS.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 1001.086.
in effect(a) The department, with input from the court of criminal appeals and the forensic director appointed under Section 532.013 , shall develop and maintain a training curriculum for judges and attorneys that provides information on inpatient and outpatient treatment alternatives to inpatient commitment to a state hospital for a patient whom a court is ordering to receive mental health services:
(1) to attain competency to stand trial under Chapter 46B , Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(2) following an acquittal by reason of insanity under Chapter 46C , Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The training curriculum developed and maintained under Subsection (a) must include a guide to treatment alternatives, other than inpatient treatment at a state hospital, from which a patient described by Subsection (a) may receive mental health services.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (S.B. 1507 ), Sec. 3, eff. May 28, 2015.