Section 594.032 - Transfer of Court-Committed Resident(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.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.032
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1463, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1991.