TRANSFER OF COURT-COMMITTED RESIDENT.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 594.032.
in effect(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.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.