Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 575.016
Transfer from Facility of Texas Department of Criminal Justice

(a)

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall transfer a patient committed to an inpatient mental health facility under Section 574.044 (Commitment to Facility of Texas Department of Criminal Justice) to a noncorrectional mental health facility on the day the inmate is released on parole or mandatory supervision.

(b)

A patient transferred to a department mental health facility shall be transferred as prescribed by Section 575.011 (Transfer to Department Mental Health Facility or Local Mental Health Authority) or 575.012 (Transfer of Person with an Intellectual Disability to an Inpatient Mental Health Facility Operated by the Department) to the facility that serves the location to which the patient is released on parole or mandatory supervision.

(c)

The mental health facility to which a patient is transferred under this section is solely responsible for the patient’s treatment.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.110, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.111, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: Section 575.016 — Transfer from Facility of Texas Department of Criminal Justice, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­575.­htm#575.­016 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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